Doane v. Farmers Cooperative Company

Plaintiff is a farmer and cattle feeder living near Thornton, Cerro Gordo' County. In the fall of 1955 he was feeding 177 head of cattle. He had 137 head in one feed lot and 40 head in another. The average weight of the cattle was about 400 pounds. He had purchased the 137 head in October and after running them through his stock fields had placed them in the feed lot on November 15. His normal feeding program was six pounds of shelled corn and two pounds of protein supplement per day, together with corn silage for roughage. He fed them morning and evening.

On December 5 plaintiff received a…