Horn Branding (Sheep)
Description
Mr. M. Horner of Buckden preparing to brand sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A metal bucket has been filled with small pieces of wood and set alight. Mr. Horner places the metal branding implement into a slot at the bottom of the bucket in order to heat it. The sheep owner's registered brand will be burnt into the sheep's horn, forming a permanent record of ownership. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0785. Card 2 in a series of 4. Originally held in Photo File: Sheep - Other Processes.
Metadata
| Identifier | hl4wxcsb |
| IRN | 411725 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P0786 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/hl4wxcsb |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Sheep Salving and Other Processes: Photocards |
| Creator(s) | Kissling, Werner |
| Date | July 1965 |
| Size and Medium | 1 mounted photographic print. |