Some regulatory activities under the Packers and stockyards act
Contributors: United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of Information; United States. Agricultural Marketing Service
Series: Photo series -- no. 50; Photo series (United States. Department of Agriculture) -- no. 50.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Office of Information, Photography Division.
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Stockyards; Livestock; Marketing; United States. Agricultural Marketing Service. Packers and Stockyards; United States; Packing-houses; Pictorial works
Notes: Caption title.

"The Packers and Stockyards Act is a Federal statute regulating business practices of those engaged in interstate livestock marketing and meat packing. It is administered by the Packers and Stockyards Branch of USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service. These photographs, taken for AMS, show some of the steps taken in posting a market and illustrate some of the other regulatory activities under the Act."

22 captioned photographs.

"June 1960."