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Feeds and Feeding. 



756. Shrinkage in shipping. — Cooke, of the Colorado Station, • 

 after fattening selected Western sheep and lambs on alfalfa hay, 

 wheat, corn and roots, shipped them from Fort Collins, Colorado, 

 to Chicago, with results shown in the table: 



Shrinkage and dressed weight of Western, sheep, shipped from Colorado 

 to CJiicago — Colorado Station. 



By the above we learn that selected Western lambs weighing 

 149 pounds at Fort Collins, Colorado, shrunk 14 pounds, or 

 9.4 per cent., on shipment to Chicago. These lambs dressed 

 67 per cent, of their Chicago weight, 9 per cent, of which was 

 tallow; that is, for each 100 pounds live weight there were 9 

 pounds of tallow and 48 pounds of carcaas ready for the butcher's 

 block. 



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