﻿SHRINKAGE OF WEIGHT OF BEEF CATTLE IN TRANSIT. 47 



Table 18. — Beet-pulp~fed cattle in transit from 2 to 5 flays — Continued. 



Dale of shipment. 



Shipping point. 



i fnloadlng 

 station. 



Market. 



N am- 

 ber of 

 cat- 

 tle. 



Days 

 on 

 feed. 



Aver- 

 age 

 ne1 



shrink- 

 ago. 





Starling, Colo. . . 



.. do. 



. .do 



SI . Joseph 



do 



...do 



Kansas City 



do 



do 



03 

 57 

 54 

 36 

 96 

 ill 

 52 



146 



146 



i h; 1 

 i ii j 



210 

 P 



Lbs. 

 53.3 



58.1 

 6.7 



1911 





do 



do 



30.4 





do 



.do 



do 



88.3 







...do 



do 



55 







....do 



do 



82 













Average for Kansas City, 

 1911. 





165 



57. 5 



(■Sterling, Colo. . . 



Lincoln and St. 



Joseph. 

 do 



St. Louis 



do ■.. 







19H 



102 



125 

 111 

 151 



189 



C 1 ) 



84.4 

 48 





..do 



..do 



...do 



58 





1.... do 



do 



do 



81 



Average for St. Louis, 

 1911. 





171 



08 



(•Sterling, Colo. . . 

 ....do 



Lincoln and 

 Montgomery. 

 . do 









y 



103 



102 



75 

 75 

 64 

 64 



140 



189 



C 1 ) 

 C 1 ) 



( x ) 



14.9 







132 



191 1 .- 





. .do 



...do 



100 





....do 



do 



.do 



71 





....do 



. do 



...do 



83 









do 



112 

















1C5 



83.4 





Sterling, Colo. . . 

 do 





St. Joseph 



do 







Jan. 20, 1912 



87 

 98 



88 

 88 



88 

 92 



68 



S4 



110 



125 



225 

 230 



38 



Jan. 26, 1912 



.do 



17 



Feb. 5, 1912 



Brush, Colo 



. .do 



...do 



2.6 



Feb. 10, 1912 



Fort Morgan, 

 Colo. 



...do 



...do 



2 3. 9 



Do 



do 



do ... . 



28 



Feb. 23, 1912 



Fort Morgan , 

 Colo, 

 do... 



...do 



.do... 



16 



May 13, 1912 



do 



do . 



05 



May 18, 1912 



do 



...do 



do 



30 













Average for St. Joseph, 







22.5 



1912. 



Fort Morgan, 



Colo. 

 Billiugs, Mont. . 



do 



Lincoln 



Mandan and St. 



Paul. 

 do 



Kansas City 









May 13, 1912 



68 



36 



275 

 86 

 20 



90 

 190 



225 



104 



104 

 104 

 164 



164 

 164 



42 



Jan. 30, 1912 



120 



Dor. 



.do 



82 



Do 



..'...do 



...do 



do 



122 



Feb. 7, 1912 



...do... 



Glen dive and 



Staples. 

 ... .do 



do . 



79 



Do 





...do 



99 



Do 



do 



. .do... 



...do 



85 













Average for Chicago, 1912. 







92 

















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. 



2 This shipment gained in weight after the All at market. The cattle were taken off pulp 22 hours before 

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



SUMMARY OF SEASON'S WORK. 



The summary of all of the tables in Part II is shown in Table 19. 

 The gross shrinkage, or the shrinkage in transit, is seen to vary 

 greatly with all cattle regardless of which class they are in. The 

 greatest gross shrinkage occurred with the feed-lot cattle, although 

 the difference between them and the range cattle in this respect was 

 very slight. The highest as well as the lowest loss of weight in 



