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Show DAIRY FACTS REDUCING LOSSES ON LIVE STOCK Heavy Toll Caused by Shipping Ship-ping Fever and Other Ills. Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Precautious to take in shipping live stock are contained in Leaflet 38-L, Maintaining the Health of Live Stock in Transit, just issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. The leaflet deals chiefly with the prevention pre-vention of hemorrhagic septicomia, or shipping fever, and related maladies that have caused serious losses among cattle received at public stock yards and country feeding points. The key to the reduction of shipping ship-ping losses, according to the author. Dr. A. V. Miller, assistant chief, bureau bu-reau of animal industry, Is greater core in handling, which in turn conserves con-serves the vitality of stock so they can better resist the hardships of travel. Among the devitalizing influ encea to be especially avoided are exposure ex-posure to severe weal her, changes in the routine of feeding and watering, excitement and overexertion. The leaflet contains reeommendn tions on the care, feeding and watering water-ing of cattle before, during and after shipment. The use of biological products prod-ucts for preventing shipping fever is likewise discussed. Numerous Illustrations Illus-trations supplement the text, showing desirable means of handling stock as well as conditions to be avoided. The leaflet Is part of a systematic ndeavor by the national live stock and traders' exchanges, railroads, the National Live Stock Producers association, asso-ciation, government live stock specialists, spe-cialists, and others to reduce the heavy toil of losses caused by shipping fever and kindred ailments. Conservative estimates have placed the loss at fully a million dollars . annually, and In some years it has been as high as four million dollars. v Copies of the leaflet may be obtained ob-tained by writing the office of information. infor-mation. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. |