SHRINKAGE OF WEIGHT OF BEEF CATTLE IN TRANSIT, 
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MIXED RANGE CATTLE IN TRANSIT OVER 72 HOURS. 
The shipments in Table 12 are all native cattle from ranges in 
Wyoming and Montana. The shipments were composed of 318 
steers, 226 spayed heifers, and 151 head of mixed steers and cows, 
totaling 695 head. Xone of the steers or spayed heifers were over 
1 years old. All of them had been grazed and fattened on the open 
range ami trailed varying distances before loading. Most of them 
were trailed about 20 miles, and one shipment 50 miles, before 
loading. 
Two of the shipments went to South Omaha, one being unloaded 
at Sheridan, TVyo., and delayed 20 hours because of a washout, and 
the cattle unloaded again at Alliance and Lincoln, Nebr, ; the other 
was unloaded at Sheridan, Wyo», and Alliance, Xebr. The remain- 
ing shipments were consigned to Chicago and were unloaded at 
Alliance, Nebr., and Crest on, Iowa. 
All of the shipments were made and all arrived at market under 
normal weather conditions. Some of the cattle were confined in 
pens where *the mud was deep at one or two of the unloading sta- 
tions, but only one shipment encountered a hard rainstorm at any 
Unloading point. So that, so far as weather was concerned on the 
long hauls, it was quite generally favorable throughout the journey. 
Another favorable factor was the arrival at market at a convenient 
hour. All but one shipment of two carloads arrived after daylight 
and in time for the morning market. 
Comparing Table 12 with the preceding Tables 10 and 11, it will 
be observed that the grand averages for a haul consuming 75 hours 
are the same as regards shrinkage during the journey as for an aver- 
age period of 51 hours and 6 pounds less than for an average period 
of 30 hours. The net shrinkage is greatest in the short haul and 
least in Table 11 (51 hours), the figures for the latter being 22 
pounds less than for the haul of 30 hours. 
The amount of fill at market is 1 pound less for the long haul of 
75 hours as compared with the short haul of 30 hours, but the 
latter is 9 pounds less than the average for the haul of 51 hours. 
