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cattle in the previous table, corn, hay. and oilcake meal being the 

 main feeds. Practically an equal number of shipments arrived at 

 the market before and after daylight^ 9 arriving after and 10 before. 



A feature worthy of passing mention is the shrinkage of 21 head 

 of native yearling steers that had been driven 2 miles through soft 

 snow to the station and weighed immediately upon arrival. Three 

 and one-half hours later they were weighed again after they had 

 cooled and it was found they had shrunk 12| pounds each. They 

 averaged when weighed warm 955 pounds. 



All of the animals composing Table 15 were natives except one 

 shipment of 39 head of 3-year-old western steers. Of the 19 ship- 

 ments in the table, 16 were weighed warm upon arrival at the station 

 and 3 were cool at the time of weighing. 



Table 15. — Mixed corn-fed cattle in transit SO to 36 Jwurs. 



Num- 

 ber 

 of 



head. 



Point ef origin. 



Vail, Iowa. 



Marcus, Iowa. . . 



Kirkman, Iowa. 



do 



Audubon, Iowa. 



Kirkman. Iowa. 



....do 



....do 



Harlan, Iowa 



Marcus, Iowa. 

 HalbuTj Iowa. 



ScMeswig, Iowa. 



Halbur, Iowa 



.do. 



Arion, Iowa 



Audubon, Iowa 

 Denison, Iowa. . 



Logan, Iowa 



Marcus, Iowa 



Grand average 



Time 

 in 



transit. 



Hours. 

 30ij 



Aver- 

 age 



weight 



at 

 point of 

 origin. 



Pounds. 

 1, 136 



1,032 



1, 130 



968 

 1,174 



1,063 



1,296 

 1,031 



697 



1 , 0S4 

 1,149 



577 

 1,133 



1, 156 



955 

 1,392 

 1,111 



1,307 

 619 



1,082 



Average weight 

 at destination. 



Before 

 fill. 



Pounds. 

 1,052 



1,072 



883 

 1,105 



1,001 



1,213 



973 



636 



1,007 

 1,051 



530 

 1,058 



1 , 057 



1,264 

 1,024 



1,185 



535 



After 

 fill. 



age 

 fill at 

 mar- 

 ket. 



Pounds.- Pounds. 

 1,100 



1,005 



1,097 



931 

 1, 155 



1,045 



1,258 



998 



658 



1,046 

 1,088 



549 

 1,110 



1,083 



904 

 1,319 

 1,060 



1,219 



564 



36 



26 



Average shrink- 



Before 

 fill. 



After 



fill. 



Pounds. Pounds, 

 84 36 



38 89 



55 128 



36 87 



122 



1,037 



Remarks. 



Fed 3 bushels of 

 oats before load- 

 ing. 



Trailed 6 miles, 

 hay in car. 



Trailed 5 miles over 

 soft rnud roads. 

 Do. 



Trailed 10 miles, no 

 feed before load- 

 ing. 



Trailed 6 miles, no 

 feed before load- 

 ing. 



All 3-year-old na- 

 tive steers. 



Watered before 

 loading. 



Trailed 8 miles over 

 soft roads.. 



Trailed 9 miles. 



Fed oats before 

 loading. 



Weighed cool. 



Mixed with a car of 

 hogs. 



Trailed 3J miles 

 through soft 

 snow. 



Shrunk 12J pounds 

 cooling at station. 



All 3-year-old na- 

 tive steers. 



Trailed 5 miles, 

 blizzard, 18° be- 

 low. 



Weighed full, 

 loaded empty. 



6 calves included. 



