The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-02-19
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The Nova SEQ ia society for the pre-
vention of cruelty II animals are out
in circular recommending the use of
Ciarke's improved live stock car, so
constructed that horses, cattle, sheep
and pigs can be carried at the same
time, keeping each kind of animals
separate, as well as providing feed
bin capable Of containing at least five
days feed and three days water for
each stall or pen. A separate water
tap is provided for each animal or
pen of hogs or sheep, aud the car can
be washed cut in few minutes with
out removing or in any way disturbing
the animals. Ii the car be filled with
horses or large cattle, each animal has
separate stall and also = separate feed
or water trough, or if the car be filed
with sheep or hogs the Car is divided
into pens OF foHr feet square, aud each
pen has both feed aud water trough.
The bCt' om of the Car Is so constructed
that it throws of ali waste matter
or water Immediately, and 1t is
also arranged that attendants
have shelter ana protection, and
are enabled to pusa from one car to an
other without risk OF iife on the top
of cars, and he can pass among
tho a!nct yyish as ,,,,h 4, ,,,,., 49,.
than going through the ordinary pas
senger car. The larger animals are
separated by partitions that are con-
nected or unhitched in moment, and
each one is tied with q sliding ring and
chain, from each side of the neck, so
that the animal can raise and lower
his head with perfect freedom, but
cannot turn round. When the car is
being emptied OF its living freight, as
each animal passes out, the partition
and head stall folds compile etely. there
by Offering no obstruction to the ami
NAL whose turn comes next. The car
may be hastily washed out. aud by
folding process it may be converted
into an ordinary box car for transport
ting merchandise. With this car, it is
claimed, there need he no delay, and
train OF such cars may be used IN
transporting stock from San Francisco
to New York or Halifax with only one
eerffclris erffGcl 8 .-1r-T51t shti5prIs 1t Is
claimed that there is vast saving in
expense. With this car, shipper puts
cattle on board and puts his own feed
into the bins, snd sends one man to at
tend to whole train of twenty cars.
Unless the journey occupy more than
five or six days the animals will reach
the end of the journey before the feed
is consumed. There is no waste of
feed, no torturing of"the animals; but
instead of having to be taken out of
the car every twenty-four hours and
fed in a snowbank or mudhesp, and
then to be driven back into the car by
means of sticks, spears AMI whips for
another twentY-four hours run, wht n
the same brutal trestmeat has to be re-
enacted. The animals are just as conf
Portable as If in clean aud well ven-
tilated barn, except that they have not
quite so much room, but they can lie
down with as much ease at least as on
board ship. If, as is claimed, any cat
tie Car at present in use can be convert
ed-carryiDg the same number of AMI,
mals--to the above principle for the
small sum of 5000, it is only reasonable
to suppose that railway companies will
adopt the patent on the score of econ.
omy, if for no other reason. To stock.
men OF Texas this is an important ques
tion, and were such cars in use on the
lines running to the great stock mar
kets, our shippers would each year saw
hundreds of thousands of dollars.