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Bob Bledsoe holds up the electric iron used to mark cattle with Bledsoe Cattle Company’s distinctive left-bowed quarter-circle brand. The brand is one of a few single-character designs in Colorado and has been in the Bledsoe family since 1945. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications
    

Less is more in the big-money business of hot-iron brands

    Much like license plates, every brand is unique. In Colorado, no two ranchers can have the same brand, and neighboring ranchers are prevented from owning brands that could be confused.

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