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Show UVESTOCK NOTES ls Angeles, California, Jane 1. 1937 Too few of the livestock and transportation fraternity know of tho splendid work being done by the national livestock I0.-.4 prevention preven-tion board. Time and space will not permit going into great detail, but I am auxe it will be interesting and profitable to those engaged in the handling of livestock to get a copy of the 1937 annual report. Jt i estimated that the annuaJ preventable loss amounts to the staggering sum of $12,000,000 in livestock killed, crippled or bruised in delivery from farm to packing plants. In the olden days when values were low and the quality relatively poor, we didn't pay much attention to the mortality, crippling crip-pling or bruising, but at pre.-vent values this subject becomi-s a very serious matter. In 1935 the total loss on dead and crippled meat animals at average ave-rage prices for the year wore $2,-r00,000 $2,-r00,000 on the commercial slaugh-ler slaugh-ler in the United States. The loss from bruising was $7,.r.rl,U)0 without consideration of animals which were crippled or die after being unloaded and before being weighed. Neither does it consider the damage to the hides not discos-ed discos-ed until after tanning, which damage dam-age is estimated at $700,000 per year. Many shipK-rs have tried to get protection bp taking out insurance to compensate for dead ami cripples. crip-ples. When railroads pay claims tho cxpenso comes out of the freight charges paid by the shipper. ship-per. Packer buyers arc on the continuous lookout for bruised cattle, cat-tle, bidding accordingly. The loss falls upon the producer, transportation transpor-tation and processing, but after all tho producer in the linal analysis analy-sis is the heaviest loser. The national livestock loss prevention pre-vention board is represented ill the west by the writer. Plans are being perfected now to have active fit-lil men in the territory working toward an elimination of the thing which bring almut losses in the handling and transportation of livestock. live-stock. At public markets the use of prod poles and other heavy in-Rfcrumen in-Rfcrumen are absolutely tabooed. Unduo hustling in the driving of livestock is also discouraged. There Is an immense, field to lx covered In-ginning with the movement from the ranch following through railroad rail-road loading facilities into the cars, loading the live-stock in such a manner as to minimize chance of death or damage. Thfl carrier, both truck and rnil, can help a lot to reduci theso Ur)i'i by preventing rounh hand ling. The movement through terminal termi-nal markets is easy to oversee and regulate; and notwithstanding the fact that the packer is vitally concerned con-cerned in the condition of the livestock live-stock when it reaches the plant, there are a great many things that can happen to bring about losses unless the movement is properly supervised and directed. o |