﻿SHRINKAGE OF WEIGHT OF BEEF CATTLE IN TRANSIT. 



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net shrinkage was very high on these two shipments. The last ship- 

 ment did little better, as the conditions were almost the same. The 

 shipment of heaviest steers, which should have filled the most, was 

 the one that arrived during the height of a blizzard and filled only 

 9 pounds per head. Their net shrinkage was the largest, being 07 

 pounds per head. 



The grand average for all of the 080 head shows they were in 

 transit for 2 i hours, shrank 71 pounds in transit, and filled but 14 

 pounds, leaving a net shrinkage of 57 pounds. This w r as 4.5 per cent 

 of their live weight. None of the shipments were at the market 

 over four hours before being sold, and one shipment was on the 

 market only H hours, which may account to a certain extent for the 

 small fill taken and consequently the larger net shrinkage. 



Table 7. — Cottonseed-meal-fed rattle in transit less than 3G hours. 



Num- 

 ber 



Point of origin. 



Time 

 in 



tran- 

 sit. 



Aver- 

 age 



weight 

 at 



point 



of ori- 

 gin. 



Average 



weight at 



destination. 



Aver- 

 age 

 fill 

 at 



mar- 

 ket. 



Average 

 shrinkage. 



Remarks. 



of 



head. 



Be- 

 fore 

 fill. 



After 

 fill. 



Be- 

 fore 

 fill. 



After 

 fill. 



12.5 



115 



Oklahoma Citv, 

 Okla. 

 ...do 



Hrs. 

 26 



26 



21 * 

 22J 



Lbs. 

 1,196 



1,281 



1,319 

 1,245 



Lbs. 

 1,135 



1,210 



1,243 

 1,173 



Lbs. 

 1,155 



1,231 



1,252 

 1,186 



Lbs. 

 20 



21 



9 

 13 



Lbs. 

 61 



71 



76 

 72 



Lbs. 

 41 



50 



67 

 59 



Had but l\ hours to All at 

 market. 



220 



do 



market. Sold 2 hours after 

 arrival. 

 Everything frozen up at mar- 

 ket. Steers took no fill. 



220 



. do 





Grand average. 



at market, which they 

 would not drink. 





24 1,266 



1,195 



1,209 



14 



71 



57 





FED CATTLE IN TRANSIT OVER 36 HOURS. 



In Table 8 are shown the results of shipping 010 head of fed cattle 

 which were in transit 30 hours or over. All of these cattle were 

 shipped to the St. Louis market. Each consignment was made up of 

 two to seven cars of steers which had been on feed from 100 to 120 

 days. All of them were high-grade Hereford and Shorthorn steers 

 of good quality, and were fat. The ration consisted of cottonseed 

 meal, cottonseed hulls, and corn chop. 



The steers of the various shipments ranged from 733 to 1,059 

 pounds in weight, averaging 802 pounds. The weights on arrival 

 at St. Louis could not be secured, as the commission firm to whom 

 they were consigned positively refused to allow them to be weighed. 

 It might be stated here that this was the only firm at any market that 

 refused to let cattle be weighed on arrival, when written permission 

 had been secured from the shipper. 



The first four shipments enumerated in this table were all from 

 the same feed lot in Wagoner, Okla., so the treatment of all was 



