336 EEPOET OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



Test No. 2. Report native cattle, Chicago to New York: shipped for T. C. Eastman, 

 in Street's stable cars, May, 1885, 51 cattle 



Pounds. 



Live weight Chicago 70, 278 



Live weight New York 69, 207 



Average weight Chicago 1, 878 



Average weight New York 357 



Shrinkage per head 21 pounds. Gross dressed weight New York 39,735 pounds. 

 Compared with Chicago weight 56.54 per cent. 



From same lot of cattle, 34 cattle in Lake Shore and Michigan Southern large 34- 

 foot cars : 



Pounds. 



Live weight Chicago 46, 690 



Live weight New York 45, 220 



Average weight Chicago 1, 373 



Average weight New York 1, 330 



Shrinkage per head 43 pounds. Gross dressed weight New York 25,610 wounds. 



Dressed weight compared with Chicago weight 54.16 per cent. Value of amount 



saved per carload equals $26.88. 



Test No. 3. Shipped for Mr, Ora Haley, of Laramie City, Wyoming, September 19, 

 1885, from Kawlins, Wyoming, in Street's stable car line cars Nos. 47 and 48, 

 37 head of cattle : 



Pounds. 



Rawlins weight 46, 500 



Chicago weight 44, 850 



Shrinkage 1, 650 



Shrinkage per head 44|f pounds. Time coming through, 110 hours. Distance, 

 1,216 miles. Shrinkage 3.72 per cent. 



From same lot of cattle : In Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul or Union Pacific 

 cars No. 5631 and No. 4965, 38 cattle : 



Pounds 



"Rawlins weight 49, 350 



Chicago weight 43, 380 



Shrinkage 5,970 



Shrinkage per head 157 pounds. Same time through (110 hours). Shrinkage 

 13.77 per cent. Amount value saved equals $97.05 per car load. 



The above statement of results from shipments of cattle in the Street stable car 

 is correct. 



JOHN W. STREET. 



KANSAS CITY, November 2, 1887. 



The Newell car is an adaptation of the common car, bringing into 

 use compartments, watering troughs, and feed racks. It is also ar- 

 ranged to permit all attachments to "be folded out of the way to ad- 

 mit the carrying of all other freights. 



In addition to the above are the Armes car, the Canda car, the 

 American Express car, and the Shellabarger car, which are also 

 highly endorsed, and doubtless as good as those cars more fully men- 

 tioned. As these cars have not been in general use in the West I 

 have not had an opportunity to examine them. 



The following circular, issued by direction of the International 

 Range Association, shows the interest manifested by stockmen at 

 large in the improved method of live-stock transportation: 



OFFICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL EANGE ASSOCIATION, 



Denver, Colorado, May 10, 1888. 

 To cattlemen and managers of transportation lines: 



The following resolutions were unanimously adopted by the International Range 

 Association, at its third annual meeting, held at Denver, Colo., March 29, 1888: 

 "Whereas there has been a large reduction in the prices realized by the range cat- 



