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head. An average of all the shipments of Table 25 shows a shrink- 

 age of 26 pounds per head. 



The 68 bulls from Odessa, Tex., weighed 1,124 pounds each and 

 shrank 38 pounds per head, or 12 pounds more than the average for 

 all the cattle. The five cars of steers, 130 head, shrank but 19 pounds 

 each, or 7 pounds less than the average. The shipment of 40 Mexi- 

 can heifers from Colorado shrank 20 pounds each. These heifers 

 had been shipped in from Mexico GO days previous and put on pas- 

 ture. While they had gained in weight while on pasture, they were 

 still poor when shipped. 



The grand average of all the 840 head of cattle showed them to 

 have been in transit 21 hours to market, to have had an average 

 weight of 783 pounds, and to have lost 2G pounds in weight ..from 

 shipping. 



Table 25. — Mixed range cattle in transit less than 2.'i hoars. 



Num- 

 ber 

 of 



head. 



Point of origin. 



Time 

 in 



transit. 



Aver- 

 age 



weight 

 at 



point 

 of 



origin. 



Aver- 

 age 

 weight 

 at des- 

 tination 

 after 

 fill. 



Aver- 

 age 

 net 



shrink- 

 age. 



Remarks. 



3'' 





Hours. 

 18 

 23J 

 19| 

 17J 



l"i 



24 

 24 

 234 



1SJ 



21 



23 



19J 



17" 



Pounds. 

 722 

 519 

 950 

 739 



508 



928 

 936 

 846 



521 



886 



1,124 

 750 

 415 



Pounds. 

 722- 

 497 

 904 

 714 



510 



910 

 913 

 820 



496 



815 



1,086 

 731 

 389 



Pounds. 







22 



46 



25 



1 +2 



18 

 23 

 26 



25 



71 



38 

 19 

 26 





47 







84 



do 





92 







40 



do 



fill. 

 These were 17 cows and 23 calves 



28 





Poor fill at Colorado. 



28 



do 





179 



do 



Cattle were "worked" 2 days at ranch. 

 On road 2 days to pens. 



43 





29 



do 



poor and weak. 

 Driven but 3 miles and fed green kafj 

 corn before loading. 



68 





139 



do 





40 



Colorado, Tex 



Grand average 



Thin 2-year-old Mexican heifers. 





21 



783 



757 



26 





1 Gain in weight instead of a shrinkage. 

 MIXED RANGE CATTLE IN TRANSIT OVER 24 HOURS. 



The shrinkage on mixed range cattle in transit to market over 24 

 hours is presented in Table 26. All of the 150 head in the table 

 originated near Odessa, Tex., and are shipments which made poor 

 time to market. These shipments should have gone through within 

 24 hours, but for various reasons were longer. The difference in 

 shrinkage between these cattle and those from Odessa that did make 

 the run within 24 hours may be considered due to delay, etc. Each 

 shipment was made up of but a single car, and was made up largely 



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