. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Bolts fvrfasfenirif F&rfitions* FREIGHT RATES ON LIVE STOCK. The Transcontinental Freight Bu- reau has announced special rates on all live stock to be exhibited at the Panama-Pacific International Exposi- tion. These rates provide that all exhibit animals on which freight rates have been paid to San Francisco shall he returned free of charge provided they are returned over the same route and within ninety days after the close of the Exposition. The rates also pro- vide that on any animals which shall have been sold at the Exposition a rebate of 25 per cent,
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Bolts fvrfasfenirif F&rfitions* FREIGHT RATES ON LIVE STOCK. The Transcontinental Freight Bu- reau has announced special rates on all live stock to be exhibited at the Panama-Pacific International Exposi- tion. These rates provide that all exhibit animals on which freight rates have been paid to San Francisco shall he returned free of charge provided they are returned over the same route and within ninety days after the close of the Exposition. The rates also pro- vide that on any animals which shall have been sold at the Exposition a rebate of 25 per cent, of the freight charges will be made by lines over which the shipment was carried. This is the most liberal concession that has ever been made by the railroads of this country to any great Exposition and will afford exhibitors of live stock an opportunity to combine their ship- ments at some central point like the capital of the State or its chief com- mercial city and have them carried through to their destination on the Exposition grounds in San Francisco under the direct charge of the Trans- continental Department of the Pan- ama-Pacific International Exposition. If such concentrated shipments amount to ten cars or more special train schedules will be arranged so that rapid transit is assured and ani- mals will come through in the best possible condition. Ocean liners have also granted special concessions in shipments for the benefit of foreign exhibitors and negotiations now pend- ing when completed will afford the exhibitor the greatest opportunity pos- sible in the cheap, safe and expedi- tious handling of his live stock. o THE AYRESHIRE COW. The Ayreshire is a very easy keep- er, having a good appetite, and she is not at all particular about the kind or quality of the food, eating with a relish whatever is offered. As she is always hungry she eats greedily any kind of fodder, and you will rarely find anything left in her manger that can be eaten. In the pasture she takes
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