Dairymen have always wanted a simple way to write some information on the back of a cow. We now have it. Cow Patches were developed in New Zealand by Wellsford dairy farmer Stuart Paterson. Stuart's answer was an adhesive-backed patch that sticks 100%-secure on an adhesive-sprayed patch on the cow. Required details are written on the patch with a pemanent-marker pen. Give the spot a quick squirt of adhesive spray. (If the cow is wet or dirty, just wipe off with a coarse kitchen-type scourer-sponge.) Peel the backing paper off the patch and apply to the hide. Cow Patches applied in this way do not fall off, regardless of conditions. Updates to patch information can be made directly on the cow. When removal is required get your fingers under the patch edge and pull firmly (This may also pull out some hair, but no harm is done). If left on the cow, patches will stay in place for many months. Patches are supplied only in 20-pack boxes of each type. The Cow Patch system will work equally well with other types of contact adhesive, although a er osols are the most convenient to use. Patches are 8cm diameter.

Aerosol adhesive is not included in this sale.