PROGRESSIVE BEEF CATTLE RAISING 



Never pay loading or unloading charges at public 

 markets nor at intermediate feeding stations, except when 

 you order the stock fed there. The law imposes upon the 

 carrier the duty of performing this service. 



Always order your car right and in ample time. 



Always protect your rights in cases where cars are 

 substituted. 



Always bed your car properly. 



Always mark your livestock legibly for identification. 



Always partition different kinds of livestock and tie 

 dangerous animals. 



Always check your railroad billing weight against sale 

 weights to avoid overpayment. 



Always pay no more nor no less than the full lawful 

 charge. 



The center of consumption of beef 

 Handling Cattle in the United States averages approxi- 

 at the Market mately noo miles distant from the 

 center of production in terms of inter- 

 state trade. As a result of this, a complex but very 

 efficient marketing system has been developed. Cattle 

 shipped to central markets are handled by the trunk rail- 

 road, the terminal railroad at the market, the stock yards 

 company and the commission firm before they are manu- 

 factured into meat and other products, while the meat 

 passes through the wholesale markets, either directly 

 into the hands of the retailer, or through the intermediate 

 hands of the jobber. Yet, so efficiently is this done in 

 most cases that the retailer can purchase meat more 

 cheaply that has gone through all of these hands and has 

 traveled all of these miles, than he can butcher the animal 

 and sell the meat therefrom himself. Furthermore, by 

 so doing he is insured against disease and can have a 

 greater variety of meats to suit the public taste. The 

 terminal railroad receives the cars from the main line, 

 spots them at the chutes for loading and unloading, 



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