KEPOKT OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 335 



THE CARRIZOZO CATTLE RANCH COMPANY, 

 , White Oaks, N. Max., May 7, 1887. 



E. R. MERRELL, Esq., 



General Agent Burton Stock Car Company, Kansas City, Mo.: 

 SIR : The shipment of steers we made last week in the Burton stock cars was a 

 complete success in every way. The steers sold by White & Rial netted us over 

 $28, and I consider that we gained at least $3 per head by using your cars. Under 

 no circumstances shall I ever make another shipment of steers for the eastern market 

 in the old-fashioned cars. I trust that the success of our last shipment will destroy 

 the prejudice that so many western stockmen have for improved stock cars. 

 Very truly yours, 



JAMES A. ALCOCK. 

 JAMES C. NABOURS, 



Foreman* 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of June, 1887. 



[L. s.] P. CONNELLY, 



Notary Public. 



The Street stable car was first "brought to my notice last year by 

 the shipment of Montana cattle to Chicago, by Reynolds Bros., of 

 Albany, Tex. These gentlemen are ranching and shipping beef both 

 from Montana and from Texas, and they have just concluded an ar- 

 rangement to use these cars for a fixed period. 



Dr. A. E. Carothers, a gentleman owning an extensive ranch in 

 La Salle County, Tex. , and who applies wealth, intelligence, and en- 

 terprise to his business, has used the Street stable cars in some of 

 his late shipments. Dr. Carothers's experience with this car was given 

 to Mr. L. A. Heil, the San Antonio correspondent of the Texas Live- 

 stock Journal, as follows : 



Two train loads of cattle were shipped to Chicago, one in the common slat car, 

 and the other in Street stable cars. They were both of the same lot of cattle. 

 Those in the common cars were the first loaded. On their arrival in market the 

 cattle averaged 858 pounds each, and sold for $3.20 per hundred pounds. The cat- 

 tle shipped in the Street stable cars averaged 908 pounds each, and sold for $3.40 per 

 hundred pounds. The freight on the cattle in the Street cars cost 50 cents per head 

 more than the freight on the cattle shipped in the common cars, which left a, bal- 

 ance of $2.92 per head in favor of the cattle shipped in the stable car, amounting 

 to $70.08 per car, or $1, 001.20 for a train load of fifteen cars. 



The following are some earlier tests with the Street stable cars : 



Test No. 1. Report on Colorado cattle from Chicago to New York; shipped in 

 Street's stable car line cars, for L. Waixel, on July 4, from Chicago, 32 cattle, 

 Colorados, in two cars : 



Pounds. 



32 cattle weighed in Chicago 41, 120 



32 cattle weighed in New York 39, 950 



Shrinkage 1, 170 



32 cattle, 1,170 pounds shrinkage equals 36i 9 g- pounds per head. 

 From same lot of cattle, 48 cattle in three Michigan Central large cars : 



Pounds- 



48 cattle weighed in Chicago 59, 630 



48 cattle weighed in New York 56, 450 



Shrinkage 3,180 



48 cattle, 3,180 pounds shrinkage equals 66 pounds per head. Difference in 

 shrinkage per load, 475 pounds, Worth in New York 5 cents per pound, value 

 equals $23.75, 



