SHRINKAGE OF WEIGHT OF BEEF CATTLE IN TRANSIT. 37 
Table 13. — Mixed corn-feel cattle in transit 26 hours or less. 
J 
Aver- 
Average 
weight 
Aver- 
age 
fill a t 
Average 
shrink- 
.N um- 
ber 
Point of origin. 
■ 
Time 
age 
weight 
at destination. 
e. 
Remarks. 
in 
transit. 
at 
b° f d 
point of 
origin. 
Before 
fill. 
After 
fill. 
mar- 
ket. 
rill. 
After 
fill. 
Hours. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
57 
West Side, Iowa. 
25} 
1,236 
1,119 
1,158 
39 
117 
78 
Trailed less than 
one-half mile. 
57 
Beaver, Iowa 
26 
957 
891 
930 
39 
66 
27 
Including 7 cows. 
Fed 5 bushels of 
oats before load- 
72 
Boone, Iowa 
ing. 
23 
1,390 
1,333 
1,343 
10 
59 
49 
Snow-bound, ship- 
ment unloaded 
22 
23-3- 
1,058 
990 
1,038 
48 
68 
20 
Including 1 bull 
and 1 cow. Full 
of feed when 
loaded. 
21 
23J 
1,096 
1,001 
1,032 
31 
95 
64 
Including 3 heifers. 
Full of hay when 
loaded. 
49 
23 
1,373 
1,306 
1.310 
4 
67 
63 
No hay in car 
racks. 
Grand average 
24 
1,218 
1, 142 
1,167 
25 
76 
51 
MIXED CORN-FED CATTLE IN TRANSIT 26 TO 30 HOURS. 
The shipments shown in Table 14 were made in the main during 
severe weather conditions. There are in all 38 shipments, involving 
1,210 animals. They constitute typical winter shipments when cat- 
tle are exposed to the elements. They also embrace extreme condi- 
tions in driving from farm to station, some shipments being driven 
during raging blizzards with the temperature down to 18 degrees 
below zero and the cattle traveling through deep snoAv that caused 
them to flounder about and become all but hopelessly stalled. 
The weather conditions are an interesting factor in this table 
owing to their unusual nature. There were 9 shipments made when 
the temperature was at zero ; 7 shipments when the weather was cold 
and clear; 6 shipments when the temperature registered 30 degrees 
below zero; 4 shipments in a typical western blizzard with the tem- 
perature from 15 to 18 degrees below zero; 8 shipments when the 
sun was shining and the snow thawing; and 4 shipments when it was 
cold and snowing steadily. 
Six of the 38 shipments were western cattle, the remainder being 
native. Only 2 shipments were yearlings, 9 shipments were 2-year- 
olds; 18 shipments were 3-year-olds, and 9 shipments were of mixed 
ages. 
The average distance trailed was 4|- miles, and none came a greater 
distance than 10 miles. Ten of the shipments were not fed before 
starting for the station, while 28 were fed their regular feed before 
the journey was begun. An unusual feature encountered was the 
condition of the roads over which the animals traveled from the 
