STATE GAME AND FISH WARDEN. 7 



Two cars were unloaded at Hamilton, one at Stevensville, 

 one at Deer Lodge and one at Woodline, Sanders County, near 

 Thompson River. 



A portion of the report received from Mr. P. W. Nelson, 

 deputy in charge of the district from which these animals 

 were shipped, follows : 



"The first car load of live elk ever shipped by rail in the 

 history of the world, was made on the 8th day of March, 1912, 

 by this department. The number shipped at that time was 42 

 head, consigned to Hamilton, in the Bitter Root Valley, this 

 state. Said car reached its destination after being on the road 

 twenty-three hours. Out of the number shipped the loss was 

 six head of calves. From experience gained by this shipment, 

 I learned that it was not advisable to make a mixed shipment 

 of cows and calves in the same car, without separating them. 



"Tn ni}^ next shipment I divided the car into three parts, 

 putting twelve cows and bulls in each end of the car, and six- 

 teen yearlings in the center of the car, making forty head 

 loaded in this shipment, which said second shipment was made 

 on the 15th day of March. 1912, consigned to Stevensville, this 

 state, of which the loss was four head, after being on the road 

 twenty-four hours. 



"The third shipment of forty head, which was consigned to 

 Woodline. a station on the Northern Pacific Railway in the 

 extreme western part of the state, this shipment being on the 

 road thirty hours, and the loss was four head, which died in 

 transit. This shipment was made on the 20th day of March, 

 1912. 



"The fourth shipment, of one car of elk, was made on the 

 22nd day of 3»Iarch. 1912. and was consigned to Deer Lodge, 

 and contained twenty-four head of cows and bulls and sixteen 

 yearlings, which shipment was on the road eighteen hours, and 

 reached its destination with a loss of only one. I now came to 

 the conclusion that I had the miatter of shipping live elk thor- 

 oughly in hand. 



"The fifth shipment, on March 25th, 1912, contained twenty- 

 four head of cows and bulls and "sixteen yearlings. This car 

 was consigned to Hamilton, being on the road tAVenty-four 

 hours. The car was divided as heretofore stated in three parts. 

 This shipment reached its destination without any loss whatso- 



