The owner shall brand all horses, from eighteen (18) months old and upwards, with the same brand, and earmark and brand all the owner's cattle from twelve (12) months old and upwards with the same mark or brand.
Code 1858, § 1657 (deriv. Acts 1741, ch. 8, § 6); Shan., § 2843; Code 1932, § 5070; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 44-1204.