INTERIOR DIMENSIONS OF CRATES FOR 

 AMERICAN BISON. 



No. I — For large adult bull : 9 feet long, 5 feet 6 inches 

 high, 3 feet 6 inches wide. 



No. 2 — For bulls four years old and adult cows: 8 feet 

 long, 5 feet high, 3 feet wide. 



No. 3 — For cows and bulls two years old: 7 feet long, 

 4 feet 6 inches high, 2 feet 6 inches wide. 



No. 4 — For calves in first year : 5 feet long, 4 feet high, 

 2 feet 3 inches wide. 



*In order to get this crate into an Arms Palace Stock- 

 car, it was necessary to cut ofif six inches of its length. 



In these crates no feed boxes were built in. A door 

 nine inches high, on strong hinges, was provided at each 

 end, at the bottom, and both doors were arranged to bolt 

 to the bottom very firmly when closed. The crates were 

 smooth inside and built solidly for two feet up. The 

 framing timbers under the bottom all were made to run 

 lengthwise, and there were no crossboards underneath to 

 interfere with rollers. This precaution is exceedingly 

 necessary, because it is usually impossible to move Buf- 

 faloes in crates save on rollers. At one end, a strong door 

 vv^as made, to slide up and down. This door must always 

 run easily, in order that it may be quickly dropped after 

 an animal has been driven into a crate. Once the animal 

 is inside, the door requires to be bolted with heavy wood- 

 screws, put in with a monkey-wrench. To keep the rear 

 run across from side to side, and secured by nuts and 

 end of a crate from springing apart, two iron rods were 

 washers. 



For watering a Buffalo in a crate, the best arrangement 

 is a wooden box, about 18 inches square, with sides six 

 inches high, in order that it may be introduced at the feed- 

 door and taken out again at the proper time. This is also 

 to be used as a feed-box in feeding grain of any kind. 



There are two wavs in which Buffaloes may be made 

 to enter shipping crates. The best course is by means of 

 a long, narrow chute, with the crate placed at one end, its 

 entrance door raised, and a man posted on top of the crate 



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