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of merchants; to provide for the speedy adjustment of all business dis 

 putes between its members; to facilitate the receiving and distributing 

 of live stock as well as to provide for and maintain a rigid inspection 

 thereof, thereby guarding against the sale or use of unsound or un 

 healthy meats; and generally to secure to its members the benefits of 

 co-operation in the furtherance of their legitimate pursuits." 



All persons selling or buying stock in the yards must conform to 

 the rules made by the exchange br by the stock yards company, paying 

 such rates for yardage, feed or commission as it or they may establish. 



RULES OF STOCK YARDS. 



Those rules which especially interest shippers relate to the use Of 

 the yards, the commission on animals bought or sold, cost of feed, 

 switching expenses, and disposal of sick, injured or dead animals. 



Water Is furnished free to all stock in all yards, but the cost for 

 feed varies. The stock yards company furnishes hay and grain at dif- 

 ferent points in the yard. A person having charge of a consignment of 

 stock in pen goes to the office of a feed superintendent and fills out a 

 blank form for whatever feed is desired, receiving a duplicate copy of 

 his order. TJiis feed is then delivered to the pens as requested. The 

 charge for feed varies in the different yards of the country. The Omaha 

 yards, for example, charge $1 per hundred for hay and $1 per bushel 

 each for corn and oats. In Pittsburg the charges are $1.25 per bushel 

 for com and $1.50 per hundred for hay; in Buffalo they are the same. 



In view of the fact that commission charges are Important, those 

 adopted by the Chicago Live Stock Exchange on February 5, 1901, are 

 given, as showing something of the character of the charges made to 

 shippers: 



Section 1. The commission for selling live stock shall not be less 

 than the following named rates: 



Section 2. Fifty cents per head for all cattle of all ages, up to $12 

 per carload; provided that veal calves in less than car lots shall be 

 charged not less than 25 cents per head; double-deck cars of calves, $18. 



Section 3. Six dollars per carload for single-deck cars of hogs or 

 sheep, or hogs and sheep, and $10 per carload for double-deck cars of the 

 same. When part of a car is double-decked and loaded with hogs oi- 

 sheep, or both, the commission for selling such fractional upper-deck 

 shall be 15 cents per head up to $10 per carload. 



Section 4. Forty head or more of hogs or sheep, or hogs and sheep, 

 arriving at these yards in a single-deck car, shall not be considered as 

 a mixed car but shall constitute one carload to be charged $6. For 

 stock arriving at these yards in less than carload lots, 50 cents per 

 head for cattle, 25 cents per head for calves, and 15 per head foi . 

 hogs or sheep, under forty head. 



Section 5. The charges for different species of live stock in a single 

 oar are as follows: 



Cattle per head, up to $12 per carload, 50 cents. 



Calves per head, up to $12 per carload (single-deck). 25 cents. 



Hogs per head, up to $6 per carload (single-deck), 15 cents. 



