14 BULLETIX 25, XJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 3. — Mixed range cattle in transit less tJwn 36 hours. 
Num- 
Point of origin. 
Time 
. m 
Aver- 
age 
weight 
at 
point 
of ori- 
gin. 
Average 
weight at 
destination. 
Aver- 
age 
fill 
Average 
shrinkage. 
of 
head. 
tran- 
Be- 
fore 
fill. 
After 
fill. 
at 
mar- 
ket. 
Be- 
fore 
fill. 
After 
fill. 
29 
Colorado. Tex 
Hts. 
21 
Lbs. 
86-5 
Lbs. 
814 
Lbs. 
815 
Lbs. 
1 
Lbs. 
51 
Lbs. 
50 
3, 
169 
do 
27 
23 
561 
576 
o34 
551 
52S 
582 
i-6 
31 
25 
33 
2 +6 
71 
Colorado. Tex 
18 
575 
537 
577 
40 
38 
2+2 
141 
159 
86 
Big STvring, Tex 
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do 
22 
"21 
23 
561 
589 
787 
540 
554 
716 
573 
588 
763 
33 
34 
47 
21 
35 
71 
s+12 
1 
24 
28 
73 
do 
do 
23 
20 
Sll 
269 
759 
250 
815 
269 
56 
19 
52 
19 
2+4 

' - Grand average. . 
22 
589 
555 
5S6 
31 
34 
3 
Remarks 
Good fill at Colorado: would 
not fill at market. 
Did not fill any at market. 
On road 5 days: empty when 
loaded. 
Had no water for 30 hours he- 
loading. 
Cattle poor; on road 2 days. 
Fed some hay hut no water. 
Fed and watered night before 
shipping. 
Fat stuff. 
Calves and yearlings: driven 
IS miles. " 
i This is a loss in weight after fill instead of a gain. 2 This is a gain in weight instead of a shrinkage. 
RANGE CALVES IN TRANSIT OVER 36 HOURS. 
Table 4 presents the weights and shrinkages on range calves during 
the second period of their transit to market. In no instance was the 
original weight secured at the loading point, as there were no scale- 
at any of the towns, but upon arrival at their first feeding station 
the calves were weighed. All of these calves were unloaded for feed 
and water at Big Spring. Tex., where they took a fill of 10 to 16 
pounds each. The run from Big Spring to the Fort Worth market 
required from 22 to 26 hours. 
It is seen that the average shrinkage in transit ranged from 8 to 
11 pounds per head, being very uniform in all of the lots. The fill 
taken at market ranged from 10 to IT pounds per head, or practically 
the same as that taken at Big Spring. In every case the fill taken at 
market overcame the shrinkage in transit, so the calves weighed 
heavier at market than they did at the feeding station. 
The grand average of the 475 calves gives a weight of 209 pounds 
at the feeding station, a shrinkage of 10 pounds before fill at market, 
and a net gain of 4 pounds each when sold. The grand average of 
Table 1 gave instead of a net shrinkage on calves for the first period 
of 21 hours a gain in weight of 3 pounds, while Table 4 shows instead 
of an average net shrinkage for the second portion of the journey, 
consisting of 24 hours, a gain of 4 pounds in weight. 
