﻿SHRINKAGE 01 WEIGHT OP BEEF CATTLE IN TRANSIT. 33 



Table 10, -Mixed range cattle in transit less than 36 hours. 



Num- 

 ber 



Point (if origin. 



Time 



in 

 transit . 



A V6T- 



age 

 weight 



at 

 poinl of 



origin. 



Average eight 

 :it deal inai ion. 



Aver- 

 age 

 fill at 

 mar- 

 ket. 



Average shrink- 

 age. 



Remarks. 



of 



head. 



Before 



fill. 



After 

 fill. 



licforc 

 fill. 



After 

 fill. 



104 

 24 



Alliance, Nebr — 



do 



do 



Hours. 

 30j 



30j 



30 



25 



22J 



29 



32 



36 



36 



30 



33 

 33 



26 



29 

 29 

 27 



Pounds. 



1,166 

 888 



707 



1, 155 



1,140 



865 



751 



1, 001 



1,202 



1,022 



837 



703 



899 



967 

 789 



Pounds. 

 858 



1.037 

 813 

 099 



1,071 



793 

 633 

 973 



1, 128 



941 



766 



709 



830 



882 

 736 



Pounds. 



913 



1, 107 



853 



714 



1,093 



1,101 



809 



037 



965 



1,137 



964 



775 



717 



844 

 895 

 743 



Poll, III::. 



55 

 70 

 40 

 15 

 22 



Pounds. 

 104 



129 



75 



68 



84 



I'n ii mis. 

 49 



59 



35 



53 



02 



45 



56 



114 



96 



65 



58 

 67 



46 



55 



72 

 40 



Four small calves 

 in this shipment. 



Fed 2 bales of hay 

 bofoic loading. 



All natives, trailed 



33 



. .do 



11 miles. 

 All 3-year-old An- 



45 



26 



do 



do 



gus. 

 Three small calves 



in this shipment. 

 Trailed 25 miles in 



49 

 03 

 23 



41 



do 



Hyannis, Nebr. . . 

 do 



.....do 



16 



4 



i— 8 



9 



23 

 9 



8 



14 



13 



7 



72 

 118 



88 



74 



81 

 71 



54 



69 

 85 

 53 



extreme cold. 



Trailed 20 miles; 39 

 old cows. 



All natives, trailed 

 7 miles. 



These cattle re- 

 fused to fill at 

 market. 



Utah cattle, grazed 



23 



... .do....". 



in Sand Hills. 

 Trailed 30 miles. 



29 



do 



All natives, trailed 



130 



... .do 



18 miles. 

 All native year- 



58 

 55 



Whit man, Nebr. . 

 .....do 



lings, trailed 6 



miles. 

 On hay 1 week, 



trailed 13 miles. 

 Cows and steers, 



88 



Lakeside, Nebr.. . 

 Grand average. 



trailed 9 miles. 



Trailed 9 miles in 



face of blizzard. 





30 



909 



823 



851 



28 



80 



58 





1 Indicates loss instead of gain. 

 MIXED RANGE CATTLE IN TRANSIT FROM 36 TO 72 HOURS. 



The shipments shown in Table 11 were all native cattle from ranges 

 in Montana and Wyoming. The total number was 794. Many of 

 these cattle were grazed and fattened on the Crow Indian Reservation 

 in Montana. The shipments were composed of about one-half steers, 

 the remainder being cows and heifers, with a few bulls and calves. 

 None of the cattle were over 4 years of age. A few of the cars con- 

 tained small calves, but there were not enough to make any appreci- 

 able difference in the performance of the animals in transit. With 

 the exception of the small calves, all of the animals were trailed 

 varying distances and loaded into the cars without feed or water in 

 the railroad pens previous to loading. With but two exceptions all 

 were unloaded, rested, fed. and watered at Alliance, Nebr. 



All the shipments contained in the table except one were made 

 under normal weather conditions and arrived at market, under normal 

 conditions. The one exception was from western Nebraska, where a 



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