Show Co Cooperative Marketing by Live Stock Raisers A gain of per head was recently recent recent- ly made by the members of a cooperative cooperative cooperative opera co tive live stock shipping association In one of the Southern states as a result of shipping a single load of sheep and lambs lambs' operatively co-operatively Instead of selling to country buyers A report to the bureau bureau bu bu- reau renu of ot markets and crop estimates of the United States Department of AgrIculture Agriculture Agriculture Ag Ag- shows that the load of sheep and lambs brought more on the market than local buyers bid for the stock The total cost of shipping amounted to resulting In a net gain on the carload consisting of head hend of or per head This of ot course does not take Into account any profits that may have accrued purely as a matter of ot production The following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing tabulation shows the transactIon transaction transaction tion in hi detail Market weight pounds Home weight do Lambs Limbs at 1390 brought Local buyers at 10 10 offered Total cost freight commission and man going with car G Gain n on on carload Gain per head hend average Net home per pounds 1153 |