Show Co Cooperative Marketing by Live Stock Raisers A gala gain of per head hend was recently recent recent- ly made b by the members of a opera o-opera- I tive tI live stock shipping assocIation In one or of the Southern states ns as a result of shipping a single load or of sheep and lambs operatively o Instead ot of selling to country hu buyers ers A report to the bureau bu bu- reau of markets and crop estimates ot of the United States Department of Agriculture Agriculture Ag- Ag shows that the load ot of sheep and lambs brought more on the market than local bu buyers ers bid for the stock The total cost of shipping amounted to resulting In a 0 net gain on the carload consisting or of head or of or S 3 per head This of course does not take Into account any profits that may have accrued purely as n a matter of productIon The following following fol- fol lowing tabulation shows vs the transaction transaction tion in n detail Market weight pounds home weight do Lambs at 1390 brought Local buyers S at 10 offered Total cost freight commission an and man going with car G Gain n on on carload Oal par heRd average Net home per pel pounds 1153 |