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The weights off cars at Flagstaff showed that the 23 steers had lost 

 in transit 1740 pounds, or 7.24 percent from the time they were weighed 

 in the Mesa stock yards. The total shrinkage of the 23 steers from 

 the time they were weighed directly out of the feed lots until they 

 were unloaded at Flagstaff was 3,108 pounds or 12.68 percent. The 

 13 steers lost a total of 2082 pounds or 14.68 percent from the time 

 they were weighed out of the feed lots until they were weighed off 

 cars at Flagstaff. 



The average shrinkage of the two groups of steers was 13.42 per- 

 cent. This is divided into an average loss of 4.28 percent for the first 

 16 hours shrinkage in the feed lot, 2.23 percent lost between the 

 shrunk weight out of the feed lot and the weight of the animals after 

 S^ hours in the stock yards two miles distant, and 6.91 percent lost 

 between the Mesa and Flagstaff stockyards. The percentage losses 

 in the two groups were very similar in every respect, except that the 

 13 steers had a greater total loss of 2 percent, which took place during 

 the first 19 hours. These steers were v/eighed several times in the 

 stockyards at Mesa. They lost 2.78 percent during the drive from 

 the feed lot, .91 percent the first 45 minutes they were in the feed lot, 

 1.76 percent between 11:45 a. m. and 3 p. m. During the four hours 

 these steers were in the stock yards they lost an average of 7.02 pounds 

 an hour, or .66 percent per hour. The weather was warm and the 

 cattle restless; for during this time they were hair branded. 



