﻿SHRINKAGE 01-' WEIGHT 0E BEEE CATTLE IN TRANSIT. 37 



Table IS.- — Mixed corn-fed cattle in transit 26 hours or less. 













■eight 





shrink- 





Num- 

 ber 



Poinl of origin. 



Time 

 in 



age 

 wefghl 



:; . 



poinl. of 



at destination. 



a vii- 

 aee 

 fill at 



age. 



Remarks. 



Of 



i ead. 













transit. 



Before 



An P r ,";;- 



mi. k "■ 



Before 



Ah ei- 











origin. 



an. 



fill. 



fiH. 









I lull rx. 



/••in mix. 



Pound*. 



Pounds. Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 





57 



Wesl Side, Iowa.. 



253 



1 , 236 



1,119 



1,158 , 39 



1 



117 



7X 



Trailed less than 

 one-half mile. 



57 



l'.t:r it, Iowa 



26 



957 



891 



930 39 



66 



27 



Including 7 cows. 

 Fed 5 bushels of 





















oats before load- 



72 





23 



1 . 390 



1,333 



1,343 



10 



59 



49 



ing. 

 Snow-bound, ship- 

 ment unloaded 



twice. 



22 





233 



1 . 058 



990 



1,03s 



4K 



68 



20 



Including 1 bull 

 and 1 cow. Full 

 of feed when 



















loaded. 



21 



i >gden, Iowa 



23| 



1 , 096 



1,001 



1.032 : 31 



95 



64 



Including 3 heifers. 

 Full of hay when 

 loaded. 



49 



Scranton, fowa . . . 

 Grand average. 



23 



1.373 



1,306 



1,310 4 



67 



63 



No hay in car 



racks. 





24 



1,218 



1,142 



1,167 25 



i 



76 



51 





MIXED CORN-FED CATTLE IN TRANSIT 26 TO 30 HOURS. 



The shipments shown in Table 11 were made in the main during 

 severe weather conditions. There are in all 38 shipments, involving 

 1,210 animals. They constitute typical winter shipments when cat- 

 tle are exposed to the elements. They also embrace extreme condi- 

 tions in driving from farm to station, some shipments being driven 

 during raging blizzards with the temperature down to 18 degrees 

 below zero and the cattle traveling through deep snow that caused 

 them to flounder about and become all but hopelessly stalled. 



The weather conditions are an interesting factor in this table 

 owing to their unusual nature. There were 9 shipments made when 

 the temperature was at zero ; 7 shipments when the weather was cold 

 and clear; G shipments when the temperature registered 30 degrees 

 below zero ; 4 shipments in a typical western blizzard with the tem- 

 perature from 15 to 18 degrees below zero; 8 shipments when the 

 sun was shining and the snow thawing ; and 1 shipments when it was 

 cold and snowing steadily. 



Six of the 38 shipments were western cattle, the remainder being 

 native. Only 2 shipments were yearlings. 9 shipments were 2-year- 

 olds : 18 shipments were 3-year-olds, and 9 shipments were of mixed 

 ages. 



The average distance trailed was 14 miles, and none came a greater 

 distance than 10 miles. Ten of the shipments were not fed before 

 starting for the station, while 28 were fed their regular feed before 

 the journey was begun. An unusual feature encountered was the 

 condition of the roads over which the animals traveled from the 



