| Show Prevent Live StockA Stock ShiI A b Losses The key ley to the net revenue of the Railroads is what it costs to handle freight traffic The loss and damage feature o of livestock transportation has always been an important item The railroads ate ale now getting pretty reports of the handling of aU all including the dead crippled deformed weak weak eak and emaciated am mals 0 overcrowded overclouded 0 ded condition of ship meets ments inadequate partitions etc Central marketing agencies hay ha hae e formed a national n nas as the National Livestock Loss Pre ventron Board for the express put PUI pose of coordinating with the shipper r with Ith the yal yards ds Intel ests and with the railroads to reduce mortality I an and 1 damage This is a thing and It is hoped that their activities ma start tart from the be beginning and con to the endo end o of han transportation which begins begin with the placing of 11 live livestock livestock e stock in pi proper oper pens suitably located constructed equipped and maintained maintain maintained ed for the handling and shipment of livestock Muddy l pens a lack of vv iter facil les ics les insufficient loading chutes re I reS re S ring iring too much time to load and unload sharp projections and things o kind all create damage and should be avoided The national organization can help the shippers as well as the railroads by paying attention to what hat happens before and after aftel the animals are put into or taken out of cars as well ell ellas as asin asin m in the matter whether of mo whether emert-whether shipments are arc placed on the head end endor endor endor or tail tall end of th the o train tram This is a astep astep astep step in the right du and one that should ha have e the hearty support of the shippers TREND OI OF or HIE MARKET The CATTLE CATTLE The cattle market marlet open ed opened up this week with Ith a stronger un undertone Eastern markets reported higher A couple of loads of loads of Colorado fed steers o of Baby Beef type soldon sold on the tho local market marlet at c and all around the market loa beaked ked from to higher on the better kinds The run of glasses from the In is going to be earlier this year but grass conditions are not too favorable hence the per percentage of fat cattle will be less than last year ear It seems likely that fat cattle for the next sixty Ida days s will be light and pi pr ices should I The HOGS HOGS The Hog m market opened this week eek at slightly 10 lower er prices Extreme it hc-it in the Middle Diddle West and far east cast is hiving its effect on meat food supplies consumption consumption supplies are not too heavy and and there thele is nothing m in insight insight sight to any marked marle change e em m In pi price le levels This TIns is the time of year ear w when hen pork supplies are I which should be re reflected in market values alue Statistics Statistic I i indicate that we e are going Oln to have hn more hogs this fall than a year ear a ago o but with present price le levels els fot fOI grain and all kinds of iced feed the cot coat of production will Hill III be less lees and without doubt more mone money can be m Ide out ont onto of o oui out grain glam converted COD into pork thin by inv other outlet TilE THE LAMB This BUSINESS BUSINESS weeks eels m opened up to I higher her on astern markets Very liberal lib liberal liberal eral supplies on the local market marlet cashed at prices price idy dy with Ith last week eek The Eastern is a good indication and will doubtless be reflected in m the west One o of the things s holding price prices down don do n is the un unfinished unfinished finished condition of the lambs lamb Au- Au Authorities Au opine that the usual run from flom the Intermountain country will III show fewer fat lambs thin for many sears eare It looks as though n with Ith pres present eat ent cheap prices of rain and rough roughage roughage roughage age that a lot of these thin lambs Jambs ought to find their way ay to the feed feedlots feedlots eed lots |
