﻿SHBINKAGE OF WEIGHT OF BEEF CATTLE IN TRANSIT. 43 



Table in. Silage-fed entile in transit less than 20 hours. 





Point of origin. 



Time 

 in 



transit. 



Aver- 

 age 

 weight 



at 

 point of 

 origin. 



Average weight 



at destination. 



Aver- 

 age 



till at 



mar- 

 ket. 



Average shrink- 

 age. 



Remarks. 



of 



head. 



Before 

 fill. 



After 

 fill. 



Before 

 fill. 



After 



fill. 



44 

 33 



Abingdon, in .... 



...do 



Hoars. 

 15 

 12 J 



!:l 



19 



19 



5 

 15J 



Pound:-: 

 1,212 

 1,375 



1,363 



1,110 



1,070 



1,408 



1,297 



'ound 

 1,166 

 1,281 



1,268 



1,036 



1,024 



1,335 

 1,210 



1, 195 

 1,324 



1,337 



1,095 



1,077 



1,311 

 1,260 



Pound*. 

 29 



:.; 



69 

 59 

 53 



6 

 50 



1 own ' 



46 



94 



95 

 74 

 46 



73 

 87 



17 

 51 



26 



15 



'7 



67 

 37 



No hay in cars. 



40 



"1 



Orleans, III 



...do 



■ ; ing. 

 Native 4-year-olds, 

 weighed e >ol. 



107 



21 

 131 



Marshal Itown, 

 Iowa. 



Whitehall, III 



Letts, Iowa 



■ >1. 



Western 2-year- 

 olds, gained 7 

 pounds. 



Cold and rain at 

 market. - 



Western 3-year 

 old steers. 





Grand averai i. 



16 



1,232 



1,161 



1,209 



48 



71 



s 23 





A Gain. 



2 The average net shrinkage raised to 30 pounds (see text). 



SILAGE-FED CATTLE IN TRANSIT MORE THAN 20 HOURS. 



All of the shipments shown in Table 17 were made under normal 

 weather conditions. The final results at market are worthy of 

 special attention. One feature of significance is the fill at market. 

 The grand average of 60 pounds is considerably more than any of the 

 fills recorded in the other tables, regardless of the feeding methods. 

 There are 11 shipments in the table, with a total of 438 animals. 



In connection with the unusually large fill in this table attention 

 is called to the shipment of 50 head from Orleans. 111., which had 

 the maximum fill of 97 pounds. The record of this shipment shows 

 the cattle to have been 3 and 4 year old western steers on full feed 

 217 days. They were fed corn and hay the night before shipping 

 and the water turned off. The following morning they were 

 weighed and driven 1 mile to the station, where they were kept in 

 open pens without feed or water until shortly before noon, when 

 they were loaded. The train left at noon and reached market at 

 9.15 the next morning. A liberal quantity of alfalfa hay was put 

 in the car racks, otherwise the cattle had nothing to eat or drink for 

 24 hours. It will be observed that the gross shrinkage from farm 

 to market was 105 pounds per head, but the unusual fill at market of 

 97 pounds reduced the net shrinkage to 8 pounds. 



Of no less interest is the heavy shrinkage shown in a number of 

 other shipments. There are four of over 100 pounds and three of 

 over 90 pounds. The fact that the shrinkage is in most cases offset- 

 by a good fill at market very materially reduces the net shrinkage; 



