AGENCY: Department of Agriculture and Food. Division of Animal Industry

SERIES: 540
TITLE: Brand books
DATES: i 1851-
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by publication date.

DESCRIPTION: Brands have been registered in Utah since 1851. Brand books were used locally to prevent the duplicate use of brands by livestock owners, and as a means of identifying and controlling animals left in estray pounds or that were being sold. Later, as regulations expanded state control over inspection for disease, transportation, and slaughter of livestock, maintenance of a central brand registry became even more important.

Entries in the brand books include the brand symbol, name of the person registering the mark or brand, the location on the body of the animal, county of residence of the applicant, and the date the brand was recorded. Illustrations of where the marks and brands appeared on the body were added to the books with the 1901 volume, as were the names of brand owners. Brand registry numbers were added in 1922.

The pattern of publication has been to produce cumulative issues every ten years--since 1976 every five years--that include any new brands registered since the last cumulation. Supplements to the brand books appear at regular intervals and contain newly registered brands and marks. Since 1901 brand owners have been required to renew their brand registrations every ten years, but earlier books contain all brands ever recorded even though they may have only been in active use for a short time. Holdings of the brand books are not complete.

RETENTION

Permanent. Retain until administrative need ends

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 03/1988

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently and then microfilm.

Paper copy: Retain in Office until administrative need ends and then destroy.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfiche master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfiche duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Fiscal Historical

These records document livestock ownership and production in Utah.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public