12 BULLETIN 25, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Three of the shipments show a rather unusual performance: The 
shipment of 92 head gained 5 pounds each at market ; the shipment 
of 28 head experienced a fill at market equal to the shrinkage in 
transit; and the shipment of 90 head filled 88 pounds each at market 
which cut down the rather heavy shrinkage of 105 pounds to 17 
pounds net. 
The shipment in the table showing the least fill is that of 123 head 
which filled only 5 pounds each. The records show these cattle to 
have been sold soon after they were unloaded at market, which did 
not enable them to eat or drink much, and explains why the fill at 
market was so light. 
Of particular interest is the performance of 90 head that experi- 
enced a gross shrinkage of 105 pounds each. The history of this 
shipment, as disclosed by the record, shows the cows to have been 
driven a considerable distance to the loading station and there con- 
fined without having been given any water. They broke down the 
fence that night, and scattered several miles over the range. They 
had plenty of grass and water until rounded up the next morning at 
ten o'clock. The fill was so great that the shrinkage in transit was 
naturally heavy, but, as shown in the table, the fill at market Avas 
sufficient to reduce the net shrinkage to 17 pounds each. 
The average shrinkage in transit of the 509 head of cows was 56 
pounds, of which 12 were regained by fill, leaving a net shrinkage 
of 11 pounds per head. All the shipments were sent to the Fort 
Worth market. 
Table 2. — Texas range rotes in transit less than 36 hours. 
Num- 
ber 
of 
head. 
30 
30 
92 
28 
86 
123 
90 
Point of origin. 
Big Spring, Tex. 
....do... 
....do... 
.do. 
.do., 
.do., 
.do.. 
.do. 
Grand average. 21| 
Time 
in 
tran- 
sit. 
Hrs. 
20 
Aver- 
age 
weight 
at 
point 
of ori- 
gin. 
Lbs. 
817 
646 
811 
Average 
weight at 
destination. 
724 
829 
Be- 
fore 
fill. 
After 
fill. 
Lbs. 
774 
672 
646 
608 I 
775 | 
716 I 
690 
724 
693 
714 
671 
651 
811 
763 
695 
812 
Aver- 
age j 
fin ! 
at I 
mar- 
ket. ; 
Lbs. Lbs. 
S29 55 
735 
Average 
shrinkage. 
Be- 
fore 
fill. 
Lbs. 
43 
38 
36 
71 
33 
105 
42 
After 
fill. 
Remarks. 
Lbs. 
i+12 
+ S 
40 
Driven 15 miles. Had no 
water for 24 hours before 
loading. 
Driven 1 mile. 
Driven 18 miles. Had water 
in pens. 
Driven 7 miles. Cows poor. 
Driven 4 miles. In medium 
flesh. 
Driven 30 miles. Fed hay 
night before shipping. 
Driven 8 miles without 
water. Sold soon after 
arrival at market. 
Driven 2 days. In good flesh. 
i Gain in weight instead of a shrinkage. 
