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thus one shipment has but 7 pounds, one 8 pounds, and three others 

 are under 30 pounds. 



The chief point of value to be gained in this table is found in the 

 fill at market. As compared with other methods of feeding, silage- 

 fattened cattle as a rule are good " drinkers " at market, and usually 

 take on a good fill. This feature is responsible for the very light 

 net shrinkage shown in the grand averages. 



It may be of interest to compare the net shrinkage in this table 

 with that of four other shipments of silage-fed cattle which are not 

 included because of incomplete data. These four shipments, all 

 from Iowa, were made under normal weather conditions and have 

 an average net shrinkage of 45 pounds for an average journey of 27 

 hours. If the 53 cattle comprised in these shipments are averaged 

 with those in the table, the net shrinkage for all would approximate 

 34 pounds. This figure would no doubt better represent the average 

 net shrinkage in silage-fed cattle in transit 26 hours than the 

 slightly lower figure in the table. 



Table IT. — Silagc-fed cattle in transit more than 20 liours. 



Num- 

 ber 



Point of origin. 



Time 



in . 

 transit. 



Aver- 

 age 



weight 

 at 



point of 



origin. 



Average weight 

 at destination. 



Aver- 

 age 

 fill at 

 mar- 

 ket. 



Average shrink- 

 age. 



Remarks. 



of 

 head. 



Before 

 fill. 



After 

 All. 



Before 

 fill. 



After 

 fill. 



59 



18 

 39 

 71 

 39 

 43 

 28 

 21 

 17 

 50 



Cor with, Iowa 



Luverne, Iowa . . . 



Dallas Center, 



Iowa. 

 do 



Clayton, 111 



Elgin, Iowa 



do 



Harper, Iowa. 



Keota, Iowa 



Carthage, 111 



Orleans, 111 



Grand average. 



Hours. 



27 



28 



34 

 34 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 22 

 20 

 21 



Pounds. 

 1,167 



1, 196 



1,353 



1,198 



653 



1,227 

 1,025 

 1,183 

 1,258 

 955 

 1,473 



Pounds. 

 1,083 



1,103 



1,218 



1,077 

 597 



1,128 

 930 



1,109 



1,130 

 S75 



1,368 



Pounds. 

 1,140 



1,167 



1,278 

 1,127 



046 

 1,181 



987 

 1,158 

 1,215 



902 

 1, 465 



Pounds. 

 57 



64 



60 

 50 

 49 

 53 

 57 

 49 

 85 

 27 

 97 



Pounds. 

 84 



93 



135 



121 

 56 

 99 

 95 

 74 



128 

 80 



105 



Pounds. 

 27 



29 



75 

 71 



7 

 46 

 38 

 25 

 43 

 53 



8 



Not trailed, 



weighed cool. . 

 Trailed 7 miles 



through hard 



rain. 

 Weighed cool, no 



hay in car. 

 Weighed full and 



cool at station. 

 Weighed cool, no 



hay in car. 

 Not trailed, 



weighed cool. 

 Weighed full at 



station. 

 Native 2-year-old 



steers. 

 Trailed 1 mile, 



loaded full. 

 Weighed cool and 



full at home. 

 Weighed cool, 



trailed 1 mile. 





25| 



1,121 



1,029 



1,089 



60 



• 92 



132 





1 The average net shrinkage raised to 31 pounds (see text 1 ). 

 BEET-PULP FED CATTLE. 



The data concerning the shrinkage in transit of cattle fed prin- 

 cipally on beet pulp are not as complete as those given in the pre- 

 ceding tables for the other market classes of cattle. However, 

 through the courtesy of the Great Western Sugar Co., of Denver, 



