| 摘要 |
A tag and a tool for installing the same, the tag having a generally flat, elongated blade member with a hole near the lower end which fits onto a forwardly slanted pin upstanding from the cutting end of the tool, which makes a curved slit, with the curve facing upwardly, in an ear or the brisket or flank of the animal. The tool is thrust quickly through the ear, to pull the blade member with it through the slit, then the tool is quickly withdrawn from the same side of the ear. The blade member of the tag and a body member are connected by a flat, S-shaped yoke, with the upper end of both the blade member and the body member spaced above the yoke. The tool has a clamping section beneath which the body member of the tag is placed, to hold the blade member extending rearwardly along the tool. As the blade member passes through the slit, its upper end will engage the far side of the ear. The tag yoke has an elongated central section and bars connecting with the blade and body members with rounded corners between and the upper bar remaining in the slit. The flat yoke permits quick healing of the slit, while the central section of the yoke and also the upper rounded corner, permit considerable movement of the tag body, without disturbing the yoke bar within the ear. The body of the tag also has, adjacent the lower end, a T-shaped connector for a larger auxiliary tag, which may be marked on both sides, and extends below the ear. The tool has an upstanding post having a slot in which a side of the T-connector may be held, for forcing a hole in the auxiliary tag onto the T-connector.
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