Show l Ji I IE n cd U y U PREVENT LOSS IN SHIPPING Partitions in Stock Cars Separating Large Animals From Small Ones Is Good Idea Prepared by the United States State Department of A Agriculture A little time and labor possibly a I little In money one expended In building a l. l strong partition to separate the big animals from the small ones In a I mixed carload of live Uve stock frequently frequent frequent- ly saves SR the f shipper from a serious loss on the consignment say specIalists specialists special specIal- of or the bureau of markets United States Department of ot Agriculture The smaller animals such as hogs bogs lambs Iambs goats and sheep are arc always In danger of Injury from the larger animals and this Is especially true when the car Is overcrowded Crippled animals mean a n loss to the shipper for the they bring prices considerably considerably consid consid- below the regular market price for sound stock Dead animals bring still less less less-In In the time case of ot hogs only about 50 W to 75 73 cents per hundred pounds for grease There Is always the danger too of the small stock becoming braised through being Jostled and kicked by the larger ones Bruises make a carcass less valuable as the meat Inspectors In the cut out all bruised spots Meat thus mutilated Is sold as cheaper cheap cheap- er r grades the depreciation depending upon how lOW much cutting was sary The Time buyers In the stock yards know this tills of course and consequently consequently consequently conse conse- pay less for animals that P r Y Goats Cleaning Out Weed Patch show bruises or pr seem likely to have haye suffered In this wa way nu Buyers er are afraid of bruised stock and for this reason are suspicious of small m arriving at the stock stockyards stockyards yards ards In a mixed carload where the lar larger er animals are not partitioned off oft I Such Injuries are difficult to detect In the live animal but when small stock such as Calves alves and lambs arrive arrIve arrive ar ar- rive In a badly soiled condition buyers buyers buyers buy buy- ers usually suspect the they have been trampled and bruised by larger animals animals ani ant mals and as a rule the buyers play safe sate b by paying less money for such stock |