40 BULLETIN 25, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 14.— Mixed corn-fed cattle in transit 26 to 30 hours — Continued. 
Num- 
ber 
of 
head. 
Point of origin. 
Denison, Iowa. . 
.do. 
....do 
....do 
Breda, Iowa. 
Vail, Iowa. . . 
Ogden, Iowa. 
Grand Junction, 
Iowa. 
....do 
Boone, Iowa 
Elgin, Iowa. 
Woodbine, Iowa. 
Jefferson, Iowa. . 
Grand average. 
Time 
in 
transit 
Hours. 
29 
29 
26i 
26| 
27 
27 
27 
27 
27 
27f 
29 
27 
28 
Aver- 
age 
weight 
at 
point of 
origin. 
Average weight 
at destination. 
Before 
fill. 
Pounds. Pounds. 
1.20S 1,137 
1,197 
810 
1,358 
1,196 
1,069 
1,016 
765 
1,173 
1,368 
1,224 
1,197 
1,383 
865 
1,265 
1,117 
983 
933 
704 
1,101 
1,239 
1,178 
1,121 
1,308 
807 
After 
fill. 
Pounds 
1,163 
1,163 
749 
1,313 
1,158 
1,022 
969 
734 
1, 138 
1,272 
1,215 
1,151 
1.331 
" 831 
Aver- 
age 
fill at 
mar- 
ket. 
Average shrink- 
age. 
Pounds. 
26 
26 
36 
Before 
an. 
Pounds 
71 
60 
83 
61 
72 
129 
46 
76 
After 
fill. 
Pounds. 
45 
34 
Remarks. 
Trailed 7 miles, 
bhzzard, 18° be- 
low. 
Trailed 5 miles, 
blizzard, 18° be- 
low. 
One small calf in- 
cluded. 
Trailed 6 miles, 
weighed cool. 
Trailed 7 miles, 
hay in car. 
All native 2-year- 
olds. 
Deep snow, high 
wind, 15° below. 
Trailed 5 miles 
through deep 
snow. 
Fed hay before 
loading. 
Fed hay and oats 
before' loading. 
One small calf in- 
cluded. 
Trailed 5 miles 
over hard snow. 
All native steers. 
Full of hay and 
corn before load- 
ing. 
MIXED CORN-FED CATTLE IN TRANSIT 30 TO 36 HOURS. 
The shipments shown in Table 15 were made from the same State 
and in some instances from the same points of origin as those con- 
tained in Table 14. They were not, however, exposed to the extreme 
weather conditions, and they come more nearly under what might be 
considered normal winter weather conditions. There are 19 ship- 
ments in all, with a total of 529 animals. 
Of the total shipments 9 were made when the weather was clear 
and thawing. 7 when the weather was clear and freezing, 1 when it 
was snowing, 1 when there was a blizzard with the temperature about 
18 degrees below zero, and 1 shipment when the weather was clear 
and the temperature about zero. Nor did the cattle meet with the 
extremes in the matter of roads as those in Table 14. Thirteen of 
the shipments came in over roads that were soft, such as soft snow, 
slush, or soft mud. Only 6 shipments traveled roads that vrere cov- 
ered with frozen snow. The greatest distance trailed was 10 miles 
and the shortest 2 miles, the average distance being 6 miles. 
The average length of time the different lots of cattle in this table 
were fed was 110 da vs. The feeding was very similar to that of the 
