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mere fact that many lots of shoats are shipped 

 long distances to stockyards and after receiving 

 simultaneous treatment are at once reconsigned 

 to distant localities which they reach without im- 

 mediate or subsequent mishap has little bearing 

 on the problem as a whole. It is the fact that 

 many lots of hogs will not endure such handling, 

 and that we cannot always distinguish in advance 

 between those that will and those that will not, 

 that still troubles us. This aspect of the subject 

 will receive further attention in the chapter on 

 "The Control and Eradication of Hog Cholera. " 



Let us assume that a man living in western New 

 York requires two hundred shoats as feeders. 

 His natural purchaser's market is in the stock- 

 yards at Buffalo, or further west in the hog-rais- 

 ing districts of Ohio. He knows that there are 

 certain dangers connected with shipping hogs and 

 he consults his veterinarian in order to learn how 

 they can be avoided. What precautions should 

 he be advised to take? 



Other things being equal it is best to purchase 

 direct from the farm, for this avoids unloading 

 animals at large stockyards, and it is much easier 

 to determine the true condition of hogs when we 

 examine them in what may be termed their nor- 

 mal habitat than when we inspect them hurriedly 

 during the excitement and confusion that prevails 

 at the average stockyard. If immune feeders can 



