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feed. Water should be withheld for six hours before 

 shipment. 



BED CAR WELL AND BO NOT OVERLOAD 

 If, in addition to the above precautions, care is 

 taken to bed the car well and not overload, the cattle 

 should arrive on the market fresh and clean and will 

 fill normally, which, it is unnecessary to say, should be 

 the object of the shipper. Cattle so shipped should 

 make honest weights for the producer and buyer and 

 healthy meat for the consumer. 



It is obvious that the management of cattle before 

 shipment will necessarily vary considerably not only 

 because of differences in their condition, and the rations 

 xipon which they have been fed, but also the distance 

 from market and the time they will be on the road, and 

 whether it is necessary to unload and feed enroute. 

 Some of the suggestions offered will apply only to the 

 preparation of cattle for shipment where they are not 

 to be on the road to exceed twelve hours. 



