Show ship live stock toy by motor truck 1111 for identification animals should be marked wibb paint on hide prepared by the th united states department of district supervisors engaged in administering tile the federal packers and stockyards stock yards act have observed that methods in shipping live stock by truck have been resulting in frequent trouble dissatisfaction and errors says the united states department of agriculture in the handling of truck shipments received at a large public stockyard one supervisor reports that it Is not uncommon for trucks to arrive at the yards carrying animals of the same kind belonging to two or more owners with none of the animals in the load marked in any way for identification ind and ownership identification of the different animals in it the load la Is left wholly in such cases to the memory of the who probably never saw the animals before they were loaded into his truck errors sure sura to occur district supervisor charles S jones of national stockyards stock yards illnois Ull 1311 nois who lias has closely observed this held field of live stock marketing states under such circumstances errors are sure to occur an and unfortunately such errors reflect adversely in the minds of owners on the handling of animals after arrival at tile the market when as a matter of fact the fault was due to the nes procedure of allowing valuable live stock to be loaded into a truck with other similar animals without having them properly marked to provide positive identification supervisor jones urges that stock owners furnish the with a sl signed ned invoice showing the owners name ad address brer s name of consignee number ppe species cles and markings mai kings of the animals consigned these suggestions tire me the result of careful study and analysis asis of such shipments and tire in accord with the general plans of identification used in making shipments by rall rail manner of marking though the manner of marking Is a matter of choice experience shows alint the use of clippers for mahin making g identifying marks such asan as an X L or T in tile the coats coata of cattle and swine Is becoming increasingly popular the marks are easily made readily seen and are not affected by weather or other conditions of marketing another common method Is the application of paint marks either eitnier of these methods Is suitable for marking small consignments consign ments such as are commonly shipped by truck |