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PIGGY-BACK CATTLE

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25th November 1960

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Page 63, 25th November 1960 — PIGGY-BACK CATTLE

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I NSTEAD of being transferred from road vehicles to rail and back again. some 600 cattle recently rode from Chicago to the U.S. Eastern seaboard in double-decked road trailers mounted on railway flat wagons. The animals arrival in good shape.

Reduction in bruising due to less handling, plus a smoother ride, saved iibout C.-worth of meat per animal, according to the trailer firm making the experiment, and the journey time was cut by five hours.