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BULLETIN 25. U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AG FJ CULTURE. 
Table 12. — Mired range cattle in transit over 72 hours. 
Num- 
ber 
of 
head. 
Point of origin. 
Aver- 
Tinie : a ? e - 
transit ar 
Average weight 
at destination. 
point of Before After 
origin. fill. fill. 
Aver- 
age 
fill at 
mar- 
ket. 
Average shrink- 
Before 
fill. 
After 
fill. 
R e marks 
Hours. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pouiids. 
Pounds. 
P minds. 
44 
Big Horn. Mont. . 
75 
1.207 
1,10S 
1.110 
2 
99 
97 
Native and south- 
ern steers. 
51 
Benteen. Mont. :'. . 
74 
1.043 
958 
987 
29 
85 
56 
Spayed heifers, 
75 
Little Horn. Mont. 
„ 
1.033 
984 
1.012 
28 
49 
21 
Do. 
92 
Sheridan. Wyo... 
74 
772 
720 
760 
40 
52 
12 
Mixed cattle, 
trailed IS miles. 
122 
Aberdeen. Mont.. 
SOi 
1,083 
987 
1, 015 
28 
96 
68 
Heifers (100) and 
steers (22), 
trailed 10 miles. 
125 
Little Horn, Mont. 
74 
1.0S-5 
L000 
1,036 
36 
49 
3-year-old heifers, 
trailed 25 miles. 
54 
Codv, Wvo 
101 
1.000 
910 
936 
26 
90 
64 
Xative cows and 
steers, trailed 10 
miles. 
132 
Tyndell, Wyo.... 
i 61 
1, 055 
958 
984 
16 
87 
71 
Texas steers, 
trailed about 50 
miles. 
Grand average. 
1, 030 
950 
977 
SO 
53 
1 Washout caused 20 hours' delay, vrhich 
cattle were in pens at Sheridan, Wyo.. and 
is not included in the 61 hours. During this elapsed time the 
fed a short ration. 
MIXED CORN-FED CATTLE IN TRANSIT 26 HOURS OR LESS. 
The shipments shown in Table 13 are composed in the main of 
native cattle raised on the farms of Iowa. The loads were made up 
mostly of steer-, from yearlings to 3-year-olds, the other animals 
consisting of 8 cows. 3 heifers, and 1 bull, making a total of 278. 
One shipment of 49 head of 2 and 3 year old western Herefords 
represented the only lot not composed entirely of cattle native to 
the State. The shipments were trailed varying distances of from 
one-half to six miles. 
The manner of feeding was very similar in all cases. The feeds 
consisted of corn, hay. and corn fodder, with some oil meal. Most of 
the cattle were weighed while warm soon after arriving at the sta- 
tion pens. The practice of bedding the cars with hay or straw 
and putting liberal quantities of hay in the car racks was generally 
observed. 
With one exception none of the shipments encountered any stress 
of weather in reaching the loading stations or market. Two of 
the shipments were made at a time when the temperature was near 
zero, but there was no storm and the snow was not deep. 
It may be noted later on that other shipments composed of the 
same class of animals and in some instances from the same points 
of origin will show a greater length of time in transit. This differ- 
ence in time was caused in such cases by weather conditions which 
necessitated delays, the snow and intense cold making the move- 
ment of stock trains more difficult. 
