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Table 14. — Mixed corn-fed cattle in transit 26 .to 30 hours — Continued. 



Num- 

 ber 



Point of origin. 



Time 

 in 



transit. 



Aver- 

 age 



weight 



at 

 point of 



origin. 



Average weight 

 at destination. 



Aver- 

 age 

 fill at 

 maa- 

 ket. 



Average shrink- 

 age. 



Remarks. 



of 



head. 



Before 

 fill. 



After 

 fill. 



Before 

 fill. 



After 

 fill. 



42 

 22 



. .. do 



Hours. 

 29 



29 



27 

 27 

 26§ 

 26J 



27 

 27 



27 

 27 

 27 

 27f 



29 



27 



Pounds. 

 1,208 



1,197 



810 

 1,358 

 1,196 

 1,069 

 1,016 



765 



1,173 



1,368 



1,224 



1,197 



1,383 

 865 



Pounds. 

 1,137 



1,137 



725 

 1,265 

 1,117 

 983 

 933 

 704 



1,101 

 1,239 



1,178 



1,121 



1,308 

 807 



Pounds. 

 1,163 



1,163 



749 



1,313 



1,158 



1,022 



969 



734 



1,138 

 1,272 



1,215 



1,151 



1,331 

 831 



Pounds. 

 26 



26 



24 

 48 

 41 

 39 

 36 

 30 



37 

 33 

 37 

 30 



23 



24 



Pounds. 

 71 



60 



85 

 93 

 79 

 86 

 83 

 61 



72 



129 



46 



76 



75 

 58 



Pounds. 



45 



34 



61 



45 

 38 

 47 

 47 

 31 



35 



96 



9 



46 



52 

 34 



Trailed 7 miles, 

 blizzard, 18° be- 

 low. 



Trailed 5 miles, 



56 



. do 



blizzard, 18° be- 

 low. 



34 



. do 



eluded. 



20, 

 62 

 45 

 31 



Breda, Iowa 



Vail, Iowa 



Ogden, Iowa 



do 



weighed cool. 



Trailed 7 miles, 

 bay in car. 



AH native 2-year- 

 olds. 



Deep snow, high 

 wind, 15° below. 



24 

 20 



Grand Junction, 



Iowa. 

 do 



through deep 



snow. 

 Ted hay before 



loading. 

 Fed hay and oats 



18 



20 



36 

 23 



Boone, Iowa 



Elgin, Iowa 



Woodbine, Iowa.. 

 Jefferson, Iowa.. . 



Grand average. 



before loading. 



One small calf in- 

 cluded. 



Trailed 5 miles 

 over hard snow. 



All native steers. 



Full of hay and 

 corn before load- 

 ing. 





28 



1,213 



1,127 



1,163 



36 



87 



51 





MIXED CORN-FED CATTLE IN TRANSIT 30 TO 36 HOURS. 



The shipments shown in Table 15 were made from the same State 

 and in some instances from the same points of origin as those con- 

 tained in Table 14. They were not, however, exposed to the extreme 

 weather conditions, and they come more nearly under what might be 

 considered normal winter weather conditions. There are 19 ship- 

 ments in all, with a total of 529 animals. 



Of the total shipments 9 were made when the weather was clear 

 and thawing, 7 when the weather was clear and freezing, 1 when it 

 was snowing, 1 when there was a blizzard with the temperature about 

 18 degrees below zero, and 1 shipment when the weather was clear 

 and the temperature about zero. Nor did the cattle meet with the 

 extremes in the matter of roads as those in Table 14. Thirteen of 

 the shipments came in over roads that were soft, such as soft snow, 

 ."-lush, or soft mud. Only shipments traveled roads that were cov- 

 ered with frozen snow. The greatest distance trailed was 10 miles 

 »nd the shortest 2 miles, the average distance being 6 miles. 



The average length of time the different lots of cattle in this table 

 were fed was 110 days. The feeding was very similar to that of the 



