CARRIAGE OF STOCK.
(To tlie Editor.! Sib,—ln thi3 morning's is3ue ib is Btated chat Mr 8. Luxford shipper! some valuable cattle to loglewood, a distance of 145 miles, and that the cattle weva without food and water during tho whole of that journey. Why instance thi3 particular case ? I. If the cattle w^ro so much more valuable than common cattle, should the owner not provide for them ? 2. Is it not desirable to carry cattle according to their value on the New Zoaland railways, wbsn the whole of the people are taxed for the upkeep of the syst-m ? 3. Where does the cruelty come' in ? Polka know that cattle chew their end (so different to some men), and for this reason butchers have to fast pvery animal of the ox type before killing, say, twenty-four to forty-eight hours. —1 am, etc., Huiianitt. | Our correspondent misses the point. It was the delay that w-as the chief cause of complaint. Had the cattle been trained with despatch and arrived at their destination within reasonable time, no food would have been required, but highly developed milking cows must neoessarily Buffer, especially in their milk yield, when delayed ia the manner referred to.—Ed.J
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Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7628, 21 January 1903, Page 3
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199CARRIAGE OF STOCK. Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7628, 21 January 1903, Page 3
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