rate on his shipment gets a card from us in our letter to him 

 with the rule printed on it. Many express agents at local 

 points seldom handle a live animal shipment and do not 

 know how to charge for it. 



A live animal contract release, to be signed both by ship- 

 per and express agent, is needed in all cases where the value 

 of the shipment is over $5. If pigeons which we ship are 

 killed in a smash-vip, we can recover from the company. We 

 have no hesitation, therefore, in guaranteeing the safe de- 

 livery of our pigeons to customers. Our responsibility does 

 not end when we have given them to the expressman. Our 

 guarantee follows them as long as they are in the hands of 

 the express company. We will put them into your hands 

 safe and sound.- 



Once in a while you will read of live stock and breeding 

 associations getting together and complaining about the 

 "exorbitant rates" charged by the express companies. The 

 trouble is not with the rates of the express companies, but 

 lies wholly in the ignorance of the breeders who meet to 

 complain. They simply do not know how to ship and how 

 to talk to the express agents. 



We never read the above advice as to shipping live stock 

 in any book or paper. It is the product of our own experi- 

 ence and the information cost us at least $100 in excess 

 charges before we learned how to get the low rate. It is 

 worth dollars to our customers, and that is why we have 

 given it here in detail. 



Killed squabs go to market at the rate charged for ordi- 



59 



