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Show Ship Live Stock - by Motor Truck ' For "Idehtiiicdiioh Animals Should Be Marked With j Paint on Hide..-. 'r-''"' V t (Trcparcd by tho UnU States Depnrtmont ......... , of AKt-lculturo.) District supervisors engaged In administering ad-ministering the federal' packers and stockyards act have observed that un-' businesslike methods in shipping live stock by truck have been resulting In frequent trouble; dissatisfaction,' and errors, says the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture. ' In the handling of truck shipments received at a large public stockyard one supervisor re- ports that it is not uncommon for " trucks to arrive at the yards carrying animals of the same kind belonging to two or more owners, with none of the animals In. the load marked In any way for Identification and ownership. Identification -of the different animals In the load Is left wholly. In such cases, to the memory of the truckman, who' probably never saw the animals before they were loaded Into his truck. Errors Sure to Occur. District Supervisor Charles S. Jones, of National stockyards, Illinois, who has closely observed this field of live stock marketing, states: "Under such circumstances errors nrc sure to occur and unfortunately such errors reflect adversely, In the minds of owners, on the handling of animals after arrival nt the market," when as a matter of fact the faujt was due. to the unbusinesslike unbusi-nesslike .procedure of allowing valuable valu-able live stock to be loaded Into a truck with other similar animals with- out having them properly marked to provide positive Identification." ... Supervisor Jones urges that stock owners furnish the truckman with a signed Invoice showing the owner's name, nddress, name .of consignee, number, species, and markings of the animals consigned. These suggestions are' the result of careful study and analysis of such shipments and are In accord 'with the general plans of Identification Iden-tification used in making shipments ' by rail. : : Manner of Marking. - Though the manner of marking Is a matter of choice, "experience shows . that the use of clippers for making identlfvintr marks such as an X. L. or T In the coats of cattle and swine Is becoming Increasingly popular. The. marks are easily made, readily seen, and are not -affected by weather or other conditions of marketing. Another common method Is the application ap-plication of paint marks. Either of these methods Is suitable for marking small consignments such as are commonly com-monly shipped by truck. |