The cattle are first penned in a corral and then run through chutes into the cars.

One year I sold the Company's steers, a train-load, to a Jew dealer in Kansas.

They were loaded in the Panhandle and I went through with them, having a man to help me to look after them, our duty being to prod them up when any were found lying down so they would not be trodden to death.

At a certain point our engine "played out" and was obliged to leave us to get coal and water.
While gone the snow (a furious blizzard was blowing) blew over the track and blocked it so effectively that the engine could not get back.

The temperature was about zero and the cattle suffered terribly; but there we remained stuck for nearly two days.