Show HEAVY HOG LOSS CAN BE LARGELY tARGEt Y AVOIDED Gre Greater ter Care Should Be Used in Shipping Live Animals Cars Ought to Be Thoroughly Cleaned Before Loading and Not Overcrowded Over Over- crowded Spraying crowded Spraying While In Transit Is Helpful Prepared by the United States Department Depart ment meat of ot Agriculture Last Ma May hogs weighing approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately poun pounds s were werd unloaded unloaded un un- un loaded dead or died In the stock stockyards ards at the South St. St Paul market Of Ot this number hogs weighing approximately approximately pounds died le In is transit or In yards during the last six days of the time month This was the week of the first real warm weather and as asIs asis asis is usually the case during the time first hot spell In the summer season the loss of hogs In transit was extremely heavy The difference In to price between dead or live ho liars rs s. s this week was approximately y 18 cents ts a poun pound which would mean a n total loss of about This loss might have been largely avoided If the shippers ha had taken proper care In loa loading seeing seeIng seeIng see- see Ing that all cars were properly cleaned before loading an and that cars were not loa loaded ed as heavily as Is the custom in cooler weather If It these hogs had been loa loaded ed I In a clean cars cats the losses could coul have been further decreased b by having them spraY sprayed often In transit by the carrier especially upon arrival at transfer points un and also upon dell delivery very to the terminal One of the largest bu buyers ers of hogs at the South St. St Paul marl market ct who reships to other markets for Cor slaughter states that the losses of of his Ills firm during the time last lust week In Ma May were no heavier than titan usual but that t they were extremely careful to hn have ve their cars thoroughly cleaned nn and sun sanded sanded sand sand- ed cd before loa loading In o addition to loading loa loadIng load load- Ing lighter than usual and taking the thea a adequate equate precaution of requesting the time railroad officials to Issue Instructions to have the hogs sprayed as often as possible in transit |