Show small stock scales are winning favor weighing of singles and thin loads speeded up prepared by the ibo united states department of agriculture lurge scales were nere introduced orl originally in stuck stock yards for weighing Ing live stock because ill ID the alie eaily batly days far car load drafts wore were representative of the business since that time great changes have occurred nowadays days the average draft of cattle at some stuk stuck yards Is less than four head and the thousands of single animals are arc weighed nevertheless in many cases large scales are aie used in the strat lou of the nud and stock yards act by the united states dopart department part ment of agriculture constant endeavor has been made to lo bring about tho weighing ing of small drafts of live stock on small scales A pound or pound capacity scale beale should not be used for wel weighing h single animals says bays the department but a small scale with a capacity of from 1000 to pounds should be provided for weighing single animals and small drafts up to the capacity of the scale small scaled have been introduced for or weighing small drafts in some stock yards this has involved a departure from long established practice As AB a consequence criticisms are sometimes voiced by persons accustomed to the large scales scale a however flo wever experience small scales usually results la in a change I 1 in viewpoint and they become recognized as a valuable improvement this la Is illustrated by a recent report from a large stock yard to in the middle veat which reads the two small email scales used foi weighing calves seem to give satisfaction and there Is no question but that the weighing of singles and small loads has been speeded up material and Is much aniol more e satisfactory accurate than the of hii drafts over large scales |