SHRINKAGE OE WEIGHT OF BEEF CATTLE IN TRANSIT. 
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at market, and 1,202 pounds each after the fill at market. These 
figures give an average fill of 33 pounds per head, a total shrinkage 
of 101 pounds, and a net shrinkage per head of 68 pounds. This 
figure, it may be noted, is IT pounds higher than the average for all 
the shipments. 
It is hardly probable that these same extreme conditions will be 
met with frequently. Taken as a whole, the shipments in the table 
are rather beyond the average with respect to adverse weather condi- 
tions. They a^re, however, useful in showing the performance of 
cattle under stress of weather and other extreme conditions. 
Table 14. — Mired corn-fed cattle in transit 26 to 30 hours 
Num- 
ber 
of 
head. 
-romt Oi origin. 
Tims 
m 
transit. 
Aver- 
age 
weight 
Average weight 
at destination. 
age 
fill Q *■"" 
mi a,, 
mar- 
ket. 
Average shrink- 
age. 
k emarjis. 
at 
Y\r\i~ni~ rvf 
origin. 
Before 
fill. 
After 
fill. 
Before 
fill. 
After 
"fill. 
JJO'UTS. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Po }J 7} tiZs 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
21 
West Side Iowa. . 
264 
1,196 
1,097 
1, 137 
40 
99 
59 
Two small calves 
included. 
OA 
Dunlap, Iowa .... 
28 
1,580 
1, 466 
1,519 
53 
114 
61 
Trailed 4 miles 
through deep 
op. 
do 
28 
1 330 
1, 252 
1,287 
78 
43 
TVeished cooi be- 
fore loading. 
18 
. . . . .do. ........... 
28 
1,494 
1, 392 
1,413 
21 
102 
81 
Trailed 5 miles 
through ci eep 
snow. 
20 
do... 
30 
1 279 
1, 139 
1, 155 
46 
140 
94 
Weighed cool. 
OA 
do 
1, 409 
1,337 
1,369 
32 
72 
40 
Trailed 10 miles 
through deep 
snow. 
61 
<jo 
30 
1, 085 
1 . 01 / 
1,052 
35 
68 
66 
Weighed cool. 
zo 
do' 
30 
957 
858 
905 
47 
99 
52 
Fed corn, oats, and 
hay before load- 
18 
do 
30 
- 
1-293 
1,207 
1,273 
66 
86 
20 
All 3-year-old west- 
ern steers. 
1*7 
(Jq 
30 
1,410 
1,453 
43 
74 
31 
Trailed 10 miles, 
weighed cooi. 
20 
do 
30 
1 , 232 
1,190 
1,215 
25 
42 
17 
1)0. 
37 
do 
28 
1,171 
1,108 
1,140 
32 
63 
31 
Western steers, 
trailed 5 miles. 
38 
West Side, Iowa. . 
294 
1,272 
1,170 
1,199 
29 
102 
73 
Fed hay before 
20 
do 
294 
1,287 
1,163 
1,214 
51 
124 
73 
Fed hay after 
37 
do 
29 
1,254 
1,163 
1,199 
36 
91 
55 
weighing. 
Trailed 3 miles, 
deep snow, 30° 
below. 
21 
do 
29 
1,164 
1,086 
1,115 
29 
49 
Trailed 5 miles, 
deep snow, 30° 
below. 
19 
do 
29 
1,332 
1,215 
1,240 
25 
117 
92 
Trailed 3J miles, 
deep snow, 30° 
i 
below. 
35. 
do 
29 
1,451 
1,291 
1,328 
37 
160 
123 
Trailed 5 miles. 
deep snow, 30° 
below. 
37 
do 
29 
1,210 
1,129 
1,174 
45 
81 
36 
Trailed 7 rniies, 
deep snow, 30° 
below. 
37 
do 
29 
1,214 
1,123 
1,152 
29 
91 
62 
Do. 
20 
do 
264. 
1,152 
992 
1,102 
110 
160 
50 
Trailed 5 rniies, 
hay in car. 
18 
.....do 
26J 
1,375 
1,254 
1,294 
40 
121 
81 
Trailed 7 miles, 
ha- in car. 
36 
.....do 
26J 
1,376 
1,282 
1,331 
49 
94 
45 
Trailed 5 miles, 
hav in car. 
42 
do 
264 
1, 137 
1,070 
1,081 
11 
m 
56 
Trailed 4 miles, 
1 sheaf oats in car. 
