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Show Urged in Shipping Livestock in Summer "Losses of live stock shipped In hot weather have been enormous," says Dr. C. P. Fitch, chief of the division of veterinary medicine, Minnesota agricultural agri-cultural experiment station, "and they are still very much greater than they should be." Here are some suggestions sugges-tions for shippers, recently issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, Agri-culture, which have the approval of veterinary authorities. Never drive fat hogs or sheep fast, and never beat or excite them. Haul heavy hogs to market even in cool weather. Drive fat cattle slowly. Load animals with the least possible "maneuvering "ma-neuvering or excitement. Throwing cold water on the backs of overheated hogs Is bad business. It Is always-good practice to bed shipping ship-ping cars for hogs with sand, and then hang a few bags of ice in each car. It is a good plan to reduce rations considerably for 24 hours before shipping ship-ping time. Take no chances and there will be little to worry about. |