History Of Livestock Auction Markets In West Virginia

Author : Clayton Furman Brasington
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528121705
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Livestock Auction Markets in the Appalachian Area written by Clayton Furman Brasington and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Livestock Auction Markets in the Appalachian Area: Methods and Facilities In the virginia-west Virginia section of the Appalachian area, nearly all auction markets sort livestock into grades and market classes and weigh as they are received those animals that are to be sold by weight. Calves, sheep, and hogs normally are sorted into grades and cattle into market classes. Occasionally, when hog and sheep consignments are small, these species are accepted without being sorted into grades. Other practices at these markets that affect operations include: (1) Marking or tagging animals; (2) yarding the livestock of several consignors in the same pen; (3) returning livestock, following their sale, to the pens in which they previously were yarded; and (4) selling lots of graded livestock either in holding pens or in the sales ring. At these markets, the facilities required for sorting live stock into grades and classes and for weighing must be integrated with other receiving facilities. Moreover, holding pens must be of the proper size and arrangement for handling graded lots. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.