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Department Bulletin No. 24 — Continued. Page. 



Returns from growing cottonwood 45 



Planting 48 



Summary 61 



Department Bulletin No. 25. — The Shrinkage in Weight op Beep Cat- 

 tle in Transit. 



I. Southwestern shrinkage work of 1910-11 1 



Introduction 1 



Object of the investigation 2 



Plan of the work 3 



Accuracy of track scales '4 



Shrinkage in weight not the same on all classes of cattle 5 



Factors affecting shrinkage 7 



The fill at market 9 



Treatment of cattle at market 9 



Details of the work 10 



Summary of season's work 21 



Conclusions 22 



II. Northwestern shrinkage work of 1911-12 24 



Introduction 24 



How the data were obtained 24 



The fill at market 26 



The time of arrival at market 27 



Guarding against shrinkage 28 



Weighing warm and cool 30 



Breed not a factor 31 



Details of the work 32 



Summary of season's work 47 



Conclusions 48 



III. Northwestern and Southwestern shrinkage work of 1911 50 



Introduction 50 



Lessening the shrinkage 52 



Large shrinkage not always an indication of poor treatment 52 



Details of work in Northwest 53 



Details of work in Southwest 59 



Summary 67 



Conclusions 69 



IV. A summary of three years' shrinkage work 71 



General statement 71 



Conclusions 74 



Summary of conclusions 77 



