Show CRATES FOR SHIPPING COWS S If Animal Comes Within Pound 1000 Limit Make Device Strong and Light as Possible In answer to a query as to the host best way way of crating a cow for shipment by express J. J Grant Mor Morse e in Rural New Yorker makes the following reply If one is thinking of shipping a cow by express the tile first thing necessary is isto isto isto to weigh the cow The express companies companies com corn panics have ma made e a ruling that no express express ex ex- press package Including live stock will be accepted that weighs over oyer 1000 poun pounds s. s But If your cow comes conies within the it is necessary to make your our crate as light as possible and arid insure its holding her Measure your cow as to length from the middle of berneck her ber neck back to her tall tail Allow a little so that she can move a n little Then Then- get the width of ot her through the thewl wl widest est part Next get the height beight Cut three pieces of 4 2 or other humber lumber lum hum ber bel for the sills the wl width th of the cow Then cut the floor boards Shipping Cow Crate from Inch hard pine or spruce the length of the thc cow Nail these to the three sills an and then turn your our floor over so that the sills will be on the In In- side This gives a smooth bottom to the crate and is very essential In moving moving moving ing it with the cow inside Next cut two by 2 the height of the cow v for the hind posts of the crate and two more six Inches longer longCr long long- er Cr for the fore posts The fore posts are longer for the cross pieces of the stanchion to be nailed to Nail the corner posts to the bottom Now place a stanchion in front which should be beof beof beof of good strong material as this tills alone keeps the cow from The back end may be boar boarded ed up after the cow is in position If the cow Is going far send along a food supply which may be chopped choppe hay and grain mixed Also send a apall apan pan pall to water her and the pall pail can be used to feed her bel from also |