﻿14 BULLETIN 25, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 3. — dlixcd range cattle in transit less ilian 36 hours. 



Num- 

 ber 



Point of origin. 



Time 

 in 



tran- 

 sit. 



Aver- 

 age 

 weight 



at 

 point 

 of ori- 

 gin. 



Average 



weight'at 



destination. 



Aver- 

 age 

 rill 



at 

 mar- 

 ket. 



Average 

 shrinkage. 



Remarks. 



of 

 head. 



Be- 

 fore 



fill. 



After 

 fill. 



Be- 

 fore 



fill. 



After 

 fill. 



29 



35 

 169 



Colorado, Tex 



Big Spring, Tex 



do 



Ilrs. 

 21 



27 

 23 



18 



22 

 21 

 23 



23 

 20 



Lbs. 



865 



561 

 576 



575 



561 



589 

 787 



811 

 269 



Lbs. 



814 



534 



551 



537 



540 

 554 

 716 



759 

 250 



Lbs. 

 815 



528 

 582 



577 



573 

 588 

 763 



815 

 269 



Lbs. 



1 



i-6 

 31 



40 



33 



34 



47 



56 

 19 



Lbs. 

 51 



27 

 25 



38 



21 



35 

 71 



52 

 19 



Lbs. 

 50 



33 



2+6 

 2+2 



2+12 



1 



24 



2+4 







Good fill at Colorado; would 



not fill at market. 

 Did not fill any at market. 

 On road 5 days; empty when 



loaded. 

 Had no water for 30 hours be- 



loading. 

 Cattle poor; on road 2 days. 



71 



141 

 159 



Colorado, Tex 



Big Spring, Tex. . . 

 do 



86 



do 



Fed and watered.night before 



shipping. ' 

 Fat stuff. 

 Calves and yearlings; driven 



18 miles. 



28 

 73 



do 



do 









Grand average. . 



22 



589 



555 



586 



31 



34 



3 





i This is a loss in weight after fill instead of a gain. - This is a gain in weight instead of a shrinkage. 

 RANGE CALVES IN TRANSIT OVER 36 HOURS. 



Table 4 presents the weights and shrinkages on range calves during 

 the second period of their transit to market. In no instance was the 

 original weight secured at the loading point, as there were no scales 

 at any of the towns, but upon arrival at their first feeding station 

 the calves were weighed. All of these calves were unloaded for feed 

 and water at Big Spring, Tex., where they took a fill of 10 to 16 

 pounds each. The run from Big Spring to the Fort Worth market 

 required from 22 to 26 hours. 



It is seen that the average shrinkage in transit ranged from. 8 to 

 11 pounds per head, being very uniform in all of the lots. The fill 

 taken at market ranged from 10 to 17 pounds per head, or practical]}' 

 the same as that taken at Big Spring. In every case the fill taken at 

 market overcame the shrinkage in transit, so the calves weighed 

 heavier at market than they did at the feeding station. 



The grand average of the 475 calves gives a weight of 209 pounds 

 at the feeding station, a shrinkage of 10 pounds before fill at market, 

 and a net gain of 4 pounds each when sold. The grand average of 

 Table 1 ga ve instead of a net shrinkage on calves for the first period 

 of 21 hours a gain in weight of 3 pounds, while Table 4 shows instead 

 of an average net shrinkage for the second portion of the journey, 

 consisting of 24 hours, a gain of 4 pounds in weight. 



