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($10.00 for the first car and $5.00 for each additional car is conceded to 

 be fair), or (D) an amount for each day, as $6.00 for the time spent in 

 taking in, loading or accompanying to market a shipment of livestock, 

 and an amount, as $4.00, for time spent in doing office work." 



Section 3. Bond of manager. The manager shall furnish a satis- 

 factory bond, which shall be approved by the board of directors. Said 

 bond shall be for the faithful discharge of his duties. 



Article III. Section I. Sinking fund. There shall be deducted 

 on every 100 pounds of weight of sheep and hogs three cents, and for 

 every 100 pounds of live weight of cattle two cents, and the same shall 

 be placed in the sinking fund, to be used for the paying of losses that 

 may occur to any stock from the time it comes into the hands of the 

 manager until final disposition of same is made. 



Section 2. Payment for losses. Any shipper whose stock has been 

 damaged by injury while in the hands of the manager shall receive the 

 full amount for the same as though the stock had not been injured, but 

 shall be subject to the same ratio of expense on the shipment. The pay- 

 ment of the damage shall be based on a statement made by the com- 

 mission firm having charge of the shipment, or by the purchaser of the 

 stock, which statement shall show the amount received for the injured 

 animal and the amount in their opinion, it would have brought had it 

 not been injured. This statement shall be the final basis for settlement. 

 No damage shall be paid for an animal which was not in healthy condi- 

 tion when received at the local yards by the manager. 



Article IV. Section 'l. Unhealthy stock. All stock which must 

 be sold subject to inspection, except such as has been injured while in a 

 healthy condition and in charge of the manager or any diseased animal, 

 shall be received at the owner's risk, and he shall receive such payment 

 therefor as is received by the commission firm less all expenses figured 

 pro rata on the shipment. 



Ohio Farm Bureau live-stock shipping associations are 



organized as incorporated companies, although transacting 

 their business much in general as is done by independent 

 local associations. In this method a member of a county 

 farm bureau is allowed one share of stock free of expense, 

 but persons not members of the local bureau, to become 

 stockholders, must pay $30.00. Persons not members of the 

 farm bureau or of the shipping association pay a special sum, 

 as, for example, 10 cents per 100 pounds, on all species of 

 live stock marketed, which money is credited to the operat- 

 ing fund. The sinking fund, which is used to pay operat- 

 ing expenses, and for losses on live stock, is derived from 

 such charges per 100 pounds live weight of cattle, hogs or 

 sheep marketed, as the directors may determine.! The man- 

 agers do all the prorating, while in the independent associa- 



