Simple Numbering System Can Be Used To Write Any Number

Simple Numbering System Can Be Used To Write Any Number FARM HOME Miscellaneous 25-2-32 "It's a slick numbering system that can be used in many different ways," says Henry Kuelker, Didsbury, Alberta, who came up with a way to write any number using one straight line. He got the idea after a rancher came to him and asked if there was any way to make a single branding iron that could be used to put different numbers on his cows, rather than giving each cow the same number. Such a system could replace ear tags. "After thinking about it for a while, I devised this simple system that requires only one straight bar. You just make different combinations of lines to represent different numbers. The idea can also be used with a straight chisel to punch a number into different materials û metal, wood, concrete, etc. "I have copyrighted this idea but wanted to show it to FARM SHOW readers so they could take advantage of it if they like the idea." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Henry Kuelker, RR1, Didsbury, Alberta T0M 0W0 Canada (ph 403 335-4193). Here's how it works. The grid, at left, shows the position of angled lines surrounding a single long straight line. The lines down the left side are numbered in 10's from 10 to 90. The lines down the right side are numbered from 1 to 9. To create a number, you draw a straight vertical line representing the long line down the middle and then put one or more lines on either side of the line. If there's no line on a side, it's zero. To make bigger numbers, you combine two or more sets of symbols together.

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