SHBINKAGE OF WEIGHT OF BEEF CATTLE IX TRANSIT. 
Table 10. — Mixed range cattle in transit Jess than 36 hours. 
33 
Num- 
ber 
of 
head, 
Point of origin. 
_. 
1 lme 
m . 
transu . 
Aver- 
age 
weight 
at 
point of 
origin. 
Average weight 
at destination. 
Aver- 
age 
fill at 
mar- 
ket. 
Average slir ink- 
age. 
l*. emariis. 
Before 
fill. 
After 
fill. 
Before 
fill. 
After 
fill. 
Hours. 
Pounds. 
irOWIMLS. 
J'O'UViCS. 
i 
Pounds. Pounds. 
i ountts. 
30-J 
962 
858 
913 
55 
104 
49 
Four small calves 
in this shipment. 
30£ 
1, 166 
1 037 
i 107 
70 
129 
59 
Fed 2 hales of hay 
before loading. 
36 
888 
CI Q 
Soo 
40 
75 
or 
oO 
All natives, trailed 
11 miles. 
25 
767 
cyy 
714 
15 
68 
t>3 
All 3-year-old An- 
gus. 
22J 
1,155 
1 , 0/ 1 
1, Uyo 
22 
84 
fi9 
Three small calves 
in this shipment. 
29 
1,146 
1, 101 
45 
Trailed 25 miles in 
extreme cold. 
32 
865 
809 
16 
72 
OD 
Trailed 20 miles; 39 
old cows. 
36 
751 
633 
637 
4 
118 
114 
All natives, trailed 
7 miles. 
36 
1,061 
Q 73 
965 
i - 8 
88 
9b 
These cattle re- 
fused to fill at 
market. 
36 
1,202 
1, 128 
1, 137 
74 
65 
Utah cattle , grazed 
in Sand Hills. 
33 
1,022 
23 
SI 
Do 
Trailed 30 miles. 
33 
837 
766 
775 
a 
71 
67 
All natives, trailed 
18 miles. 
26 
763 
709 
717 
-8 
54 
46 
Ail native year- 
lings, trailed 6 
miles. 
29 
899 
830 
844 
14 
69 
55 
On hay 1 week, 
trailed 13 miles. 
29 
967 
882 
895 
13 
85 
72 
Cows and steers, 
trailed 9 miles. 
27 
789 
743 
53 
46 
Trailed 9 miles is 
face of blizzard. 
30 
909 
823 
Sol 
2S 
SO 
58 
130 
88 
Alliance, Nebr. . 
....do 
....do 
....do 
....do..... 
....do 
....do 
Hyannis, Nebr. 
....do 
.do. 
.do. 
Whitman, Nebr. . 
do 
Lakeside.. Nebr. . . 
Grand average. 
1 Indicates loss instead of gain. 
MIXED RANGE CATTLE IN TRANSIT FROM 38 TO 72 HOURS. 
The shipments shown in Table 11 were all native cattle from ranges 
in Montana and Wyoming. The total number was 794. Many of 
these cattle were grazed and fattened on the Crow Indian Reservation 
in Montana. The shipments were composed of about one-half steers, 
the remainder being cows and heifers, with a few bulls and calves. 
None of the cattle were over 4 years of age. A few of the cars con- 
tained small calves, but there were not enough to make any appreci- 
able difference in the performance of the animals in transit. With 
the exception of the small calves, all of the animals were trailed 
varying distances and loaded into the cars without feed or water in 
the railroad pens previous to loading. With but two exceptions all 
were unloaded, rested, fed, and watered at Alliance, Nebr. 
All the shipments contained in the table except one were made 
under normal weather conditions and arrived at market under normal 
conditions. The one exception was from western Nebraska, where a 
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