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Show Y STOCK xPrt LOOK BEFORE LOADING STOCK to lrrl. Many Cars May Have Defects That than ts May Cripple Animals Floor Is icessnrj Most Important. 1 Is still S lS 1)0- (Irprd by th United Slates Department out nt ' Arlcultur,- nehos ln Iosiectloii of 700 arriving cars of Town to ,lvo Btock nt 8UVcn ot 1,10 lnrR0 ,nnl iim kct8 oy supcrvlsoH of tho pnekers nnd niftco Btoclc ynrd3 ntlnilnlBtrutlon, United J. p 1 Stntcs Department of Agriculture, has is com. shown thnt Bhippcrs would do well to tiro anil n)nl0 cnrcfui CXnmInntIon of cars be-lomo be-lomo if tQT0 0Q(nng them. The railroads main-tnln main-tnln satisfactory carluspcctlon service oo often t tho largo markets, but not all cars oforotho Bcnt to country shipping points have ho dried n)0vcd directly from the terminals. As oes nrlBa n consequence many enrs hnvo defects s surfaco that mny cripple nnlmnls, or even causo to por- their death. Of the enro Inspected In growing, this Investigation seven hnd holes In ;atIon Is tho floor, 01 had projecting nnlls ln Uio tlmo for walls and 83 had cleats that might, nnd o nround probubly did, cnuse bad bruises. Elgh-wn Elgh-wn aomo ty-two cars were without bedding, a largo factor ln tho snfety and comfort d not bo of nnlmnls In transit, ough wn- No matter who Is responsible for tht ily mols- condition of cars, It Is to the Interest of tho Bhlppcr nlwnys to mnko nn In- that on- spcctlon cf hts own, nnd most certainly ro n fur- It Is up to him to see thnt tho right ad bettor kind of bedding Is provided. Fro- l,0W0Ver, Qucntly partitions nre used ln stock )ws and cars nnd, because of this, n careful ex igar-boots umlnatlon must bo made for projecting thor than nn,Is nnd cleats that may hnvo been middle Mt when theso partitions wero re- ho mid' moved. Tuo aor tho most lmpo two rows tant part of the car. It should bo gona rnn ovcr thoroughly nnd nny holes patched, ron ocoo. Doorg must be Jq KOod rcpn,r nn(lt waiei w whcn tne cntt,0 or otner Uy0 Block nre . loaded, securely fastened. Iv.thnt lnot year nt ono Mlddlo-Westcrn a i nniit t market 1,700 cattlo nnd moro than 2,- i inw 000 no"s wcre found crippled ln cars. f I ln December more than 1,000 crippled at oi ine hocB wcr(J rccctve(j nt m0 ot tho East- iry ensny cm mttciBt These numbers nro small for water. ,n corapnrig0n witli total receipts, but way of ir- they ,oolte(j eighty largo to tho olilp- armful on per8 Wh0 owned tho animals. Ion until Look beforo you load! i , Many of ." molsturo ., )nv ....,v -,. |