Show P M SHIPPING LOSSES MAKE LARGE ITEM one of big faults Is overloading cars in ih summer losses sustained by swine producers of the united states in marketing their hogs amount to the astonishing sum bum of more than three million dollars yearly this tremendous waste can be charged directly to the carelessness of shippers and the negligence of t transportation companies in the lun ian ciauri of the thedac day something ought to be done about it one of the biggest factors in causing these heavy losses Is the overloading of cars especially in hot weather says Z E F perrin of the division of animal husbandry of the university of minnesota this fault Is chargeable chiefly cli lefly to the carrier which compels the shipper to pay freight on a greater weight than can be loaded without risk cars in need of repairs enuse crippling or damage to hogs in transit holes in floors nails projecting on the inside of cars cleats an on floors and unsafe doors are all minor causes of loss which could be remedied by the railroad company the carriers are ara further lit at fault in n delivering unclean cars for reloading although an order of the interstate commerce commission expressly provides that cars must be cleaned but the carriers cannot be held for nil all the loss the disposition of the shipper to take a chance induces the practice of overl overloading improper beil bed ding of cars and neglect to remedy minor defects in cars delivered to the loading station in 11 shipments of mixed cars of cattle and hogs flimsy partitions which break down result in losses proper bedding of cars will save much loss in hot weather sand soaked with water Is by far the best material materia 1 in very cold weather losses could he prevented by tacking one width of building paper along one side of the car near the bloor this protection Is necessary only on the side of the car which will he toward the north as the car Is moved to market most alot of our live stock goes to market in an eastward or westward direction |