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Feeds and Feeding. 



756. Shrinkage in shipping. — Cooke, of the Colorado Station, • 

 after fattemng selected Western sheep and lambs on alfalfa hay, 

 wheat, corn and roots, shipped them from Fort Collins, Colorado, 

 to Chicago, with results shown in the table: 



Bhririkage and dressed weight of Western sheep, shipped from Colorado 

 to Chicago — Colorado Station. 



By the above we learn that selected Western lambs weighing 

 149 pounds at Port Collins, Colorado, shrunk 14 pounds, or 

 9.4 per cent., on shipment to Chicago. These lambs dressed 

 57 per cent, of their Chicago weight, 9 per cent, of which was 

 tallow; that is, for each 100 pounds live weight there were 9 

 pounds of tallow and 48 pounds of carcass ready for the butcher's 

 block. 



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