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BULLETIN 25, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



pounds by fill at Chicago, leaving a net shrinkage of but 3 pounds 

 for the second stage. The grand average net shrinkage for the 

 whole period of 68 hours was but 21 pounds per head. 



Table 22. — Mixed cattle in transit over 36 hours. 



Num- 

 ber 



Point of origin. 



Time 



in 

 transit, 



first 

 period. 



Aver- 

 age 

 weight 

 at point 



of 

 origin. 



Shrinkage, 

 first period. 



Aver- 

 age 

 fill, « 

 first 



period. 



Time 



in 



transit, 



second 



period. 



Shrinkage, 

 second period. 



of 

 head. 



Before 

 fill. 



After 

 fill. 



Before 

 fill. 



After 

 fill. 



51 





Hours. 

 32 

 32 

 32 

 32 



Pounds. 



833' 

 1,381 

 1,100 



993 



Pounds. 

 39 

 51 



48 

 47 



Pounds. 

 10 

 29 

 13 

 21 



Pounds. 

 29 

 22 

 35 

 26 



Hours. 

 38 

 35 

 35 

 35 



Pounds. 



25 



22 



28 



■ 20 



Pounds. 

 4 



43 



do 



'■ + 6 



43 



...do 



4 



43 



do 



Grand average 



11 





32 



1,066 



46 



18 



28 



36 



24 



3 



Num- 

 ber 



Point of origin. 



Pill at 

 market. 



Total 

 time 



in 

 transit. 



Total 

 shrinkage. 



Remarks. 



of 

 head. 



Before 

 fill. 



After 

 fill. 



51 



43 



1 1 lendive, Mont 



do 



Pounds. 

 21 



28 



24 



9 



Hours. 

 70 



67 

 67 

 67 



Pounds. 

 25 



51 

 41 

 41 



Pounds. 

 14 



23 



17 

 32 



Driven 42 miles in 2 days. 

 Grazed 4 hours a day. 

 Do. 



43 

 43 



do 



do 



Do. 

 Do. 











21 



68 



42 



21 



• 









1 (fain in weight instead of a shrinkage. 



There were three shipments of mixed cattle from Dickinson, 

 jS t . Dak., to the St. Paul market that are not shown in the tables, as 

 complete records on them were not secured. They should have run 

 into St. Paul within 30 hours, but they were delayed for various 

 reasons, in one case a drawbar pulled out, so that the cattle had to be 

 unloaded and fed in transit. They were 41 hours in transit. The 

 unloading took place at Staples, Minn., and the cattle were on feed 

 16-£ hours before reloading. 



One of these shipments was of 28 head of mixed cattle that had 

 been handled carefully before loading and looked extremely well. At 

 market they filled 22 pounds, leaving a net shrinkage of 25 pounds per 

 head, just a little more than the average for the mixed cattle shown 

 in Table 22. 



The" other two shipments received exceptional maltreatment for 

 cattle of the Northwest. It is seldom that cattle are handled in such 

 a mariner in that section. They were rounded up one day. The fol- 

 lowing day they were driven 20 miles without either feed or water, 

 and were then penned and held all night and until 6 p. m. the follow- 



