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following day when loaded weighed 106,745 pounds, the total shrink- 

 age being 5,995 pounds and the average shrinkage 68 pounds. 



Another lot of 92 head at Fort Morgan, Colo., weighed 111,090 

 pounds at the end of the feeding and 108,150 pounds at loading time, 

 the total shrinkage in this case being 2,940 pounds and the average 

 shrinkage 82 pounds. 



METHODS OF FEEDING. 



A line on the feeding methods with pulp cattle may be had from 

 the following instances of rations fed, which have been kindly 

 furnished. 



The average daily ration of 3-year-old southern steers fattened at 

 Sterling, Colo., in 1911. average time on feed 179 days, was as follows: 



Bounds. 



Beet pulp 89.1 



Alfalfa, hay 11. 4 



Molasses-alfalfa hay 4. 2 



Molasses 2. 



Cottonseed cake 1. 8 



Ground corn 2. 3 



Straw . 56 



Sorghum . 23 



Salt • . 004 



The average daily ration of a shipment of 88 head of 3-year-old 

 steers, fed at Brush, Colo., and marketed in February, 1912, after 

 being on feed 110 days, was as below: 



Pounds. 



Beet pulp- 90-100 



Alfalfa hay 12 



Molasses-alfalfa hay 6 



Cottonseed cake 1* 



Ground corn 3 



Table 18. — Beet-pulp-fed cattle m transit from 2 to 5 days. 



Date of shipment. 



Shipping point. 



Unloading 

 station. 



Market. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 cat- 

 tle. 



Days 



on 



feed. 



Aver- 

 age 

 net 



shrink- 

 age. 



1911 



Brush, Colo. . 

 r Sterling, Colo. . . 







56 



(9 



Lbs. 

 66 





do 



Si. Joseph 



. .do 







63 



57 

 124 

 96 

 40 

 83 

 42 

 111 

 52 



146 

 146 

 160 

 209 

 226 



ft 



0) 



(') 

 (') 



60.3 





do 



...do 



18.5 







do 



do 



2 5.2 





.do 



..do 



.do 



85.2 



1911 



do... 



.do... 



do 



45 







...do 



. .do 



31 





... :do 



...do 



do 



55 





..do 



.do 



.do 



50 





...do 



...do 



...do 



83 













Average for St. Joseph, 

 1911. 





170 



50 













1 Figures not available for separate shipments, but the average number of days on feed for all the ship- 

 ments from Brush, Colo., was 164. 



a This shipment gained in weight after the fill at market. The cattle were taken ofl piffp 22 hours before 

 shipping and put on dry feed. They shrank 68 pounds per head during this time. 



