674 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Resolved, That, in the death of David Muir and D. \V. Angluni, the 

 Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association has lost two of its most active and 

 useful members. Both of them have been active in the affairs of the 

 association from its beginning, and have contributed very much to its 

 success. We extend to the families of these deceased members our sin- 

 cere sympathy. 



FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 



The session Friday afternoon was devoted to hearing addresses 

 from a number of visitors from the Chicago, Omaha and Sioux 

 City stock yards. Among those who spoke was A. F. .Stryker, 

 secretary of the Omaha Live Stock Exchange. Mr. Stryker spoke 

 of the methods they had followed satisfactorily in handling claims 

 for shippers to that market. 



H. P. Park, traffic manager of the Chicago Live Stock Ex- 

 change, made an interesting talk on the methods followed at that 

 point in handling live stock claims. Among other things he 

 spoke of methods of reducing the number of claims through 

 greater care in shipping. He said that many shippers of hogs 

 had used ice in hot weather with good effect, the practice being 

 to suspend from the roof of the car four to six gunny sacks, each 

 containing fifty pounds of ice. Other shippers reported good re- 

 sults from scattering ice over the floor of the car and in the ends 

 and center. He emphasized the importance of proper bedding 

 in hot weather, and said shippers should insist upon railroads 

 furnishing clean cars, which should then be bedded with four 

 or five inches of clean sand. If sand is not available, clay makes 

 a very good substitute. The bedding as well as the sides and 

 roof of the car should be thoroughly drenched with water, so 

 that the cars are in nice, cool condition at the time of loading. 

 He cautioned against overloading. 



C. B. Heinemann, secretary of the National Live Stock Ex- 

 change, recommended the claim department being conducted by 

 Mr. Park and Mr. Stryker. He thought there should be closer 

 co-operation between the stockmen, the commission men and the 

 packers. He said the job of the National Live Stock Exchange 

 was to promote harmony. 



R. E. Whitlock, of the Sioux City exchange, spoke of his past 

 experience in farming and his later experiences in marketing. 

 He told some entertaining experiences. He said that an occa- 

 sional stockman tried to get the better of a commission firm, but 

 the vast majority of them wanted what was right. 



