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and net amount of each draft. It would also be well to have the 
number of bales of each draft recorded on the weight ticket or in 
the scale book. 
When the shipper loads the hay into a car the number of bales 
in each tier and in the doorway should be recorded, together with 
the total number of bales and the total weight, and these data should 
be furnished the buyer of the hay on a weight certificate signed by 
the shipper or the weigher. (Fig. 9.) 
In terminal markets all data relative to the weight should be care- 
fully recorded. These data should include the number of bales 
found in each tier and in the doorway when the car was unloaded ; 
the total number of whole and of broken bales, together with their 
total net weight, and the weight of any loose hay; and information 
as to the condition of the car and seals upon arrtval. The number 
of bales in the tiers and doorway can be used as a check against other 
counts of the bales and should be given when possible, but is not so 
important as the total number of whole and broken bales. The latter 
should always be given, as it is as important as the count of any 
other commodity where a carload is composed of smaller units. 
The official weight certificate has already been described on 
page 24, and the data which should be given on it are stated there. 
Receivers and consumers who weigh the hay received by them 
should furnish the shipper the same character of information as 
that suggested for the terminal markets, as all the information men- 
tioned is required in case anyone interested in the hay desires to 
present a claim to the transportation company or other agency for 
any loss in weight. 
Receivers should always weigh the hay which is received by them 
in order that they may be sure no loss has occurred in shipment and 
no error has been made by the shipper. 
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