| Show Loading Sheep for Market Much care should be exercised In loading sheep for market especially during the winter They should not be ocnld1 In the coco anti should hoe lenty of bedding Many sheep are lost by overcrowding and greatly depreciated de-preciated In value and appearance by shipping In dirt cars It Is always best that someone should accompany the shep throughout the trIp that they may account for nny that lire dead or crippled hlch Is a common clreum tanoe Often sheep are lost for Nhich thee Is no account given The nheel fire unloaded and driven to the heel Itent as soon W they Prime and tire 1lucelln pen ras arrangvd hy the com mission firm to rrng they Were shipped and hero they tire examined by the government Inspector While the sheep clee the best of care In the 1n thre tire often thing oeeurln AkhIch are Imlrtnnt to the owner Th ahep are examined In the pens bv the prospective purchaser fly the usual method 01 feeling the flesh near the backbone over the hips The commission I gent sets hli I rice on the stock o n < receives the bid of tho buyer vvhlch If lthln the reasonable range 01 prices for the day Is accepted Too little attention at-tention Is given to sorting of sheep shipped to market A lot of sheep uniform uni-form In size weight and age sell nt better prices than a mixed lot which must bo ported and sold in separate hunches The presence of cons 01 any description In a bunch of sheep depreciates depre-ciates them and the shipper should send such stock separately or hold them im III fat or dispose of them otherwise Denver TleM and Farm |
