SHRINKAGE OF WEIGHT OF BEEF CATTLE IN" TRANSIT. 43 
Table 16. — Silage-fed cattle in transit less than 20 hours. 
Num- 
ber 
"Priiir*" nf o i cri t~\ 
Time 
Aver- 
age 
weight 
Average weight 
at destination. 
Aver- 
age 
fill at 
mar- 
ket. 
Average shrink- 
age. 
B-emarks. 
of 
head. 
transit. 
at 
point of 
origin. 
Before 
fill. 
After 
mi. 
Before 
fill. 
After 
fill. 
44 
33 
Abingdon, 111 
do 
Hours. 
15 
12-4 
Pound?. 
1,212 
1,375 
Pounds. 
1,166 
Pounds. 
1, 195 
1 324 
Pounds. 
29 
43 
Pounds. 
46 
94 
Pounds. 
17 
51 
No hay in cars. 
Not fed or watered 
40 
21 
Orleans, 111 
19 
1,363 
1,268 
1,036 
1,337 
1,095 
69 
95 
26 
Native 4-year-olds, 
do 
19 
1,110 
59 
74 
107 
21 
131 
Marshal 1 1 o w n , 
lowa. 
Whitehall, 111 
19 
5 
lo-h 
1,070 
1,408 
1,297 
1,024 
1,335 
1,210 
1,077 
1,341 
1,260 
53 
6 
50 
46 
73 
67 
37 
olds, gained 7 
pounds. 
Cold and rain at 
market. 
Western 3-year 
old steers. 
Grand average. 
16 
1,232 
1,161 
1,209 
48 
' 71 
2 23 
1 Gain. 2 The average net shrinkage raised to 30 pounds (see text). 
SILAGE-FED CATTLE IN TRANSIT MORE THAN 20 HOURS. 
All of the shipments shown in Table 17 were made under normal 
weather conditions. The final results at market are worthy of 
special attention. One feature of significance is the fill at market. 
The grand average of 60 pounds is considerably more than any of the 
fills recorded in the other tables, regardless of the feeding methods. 
There are 11 shipments in the table, with a total of 438 animals. 
In connection with the unusually large fill in this table attention 
is called to the shipment of 50 head from Orleans. 111., which had 
the maximum fill of 97 pounds. The record of this shipment shows 
the cattle to have been 3 and 4 year old western steers on full feed 
217 days. ■ They were fed corn and hay the night before shipping 
and the water turned off. The following morning they were 
weighed and driven 1 mile to the station, where they were kept in 
open pens without feed or water until shortly before noon, when 
they were loaded. The train left at noon and reached market at 
9.15 the next morning. A liberal quantity of alfalfa hay was put 
in the car racks, otherwise the cattle had nothing to eat or drink for 
24 hours. It will be observed that the gross shrinkage from farm 
to market was 105 pounds per head, but the unusual fill at market of 
97 pounds reduced the net shrinkage to 8 pounds. 
Of no less interest is the heavy shrinkage shown in a number of 
other shipments. There are four of over 100 pounds and three of 
over 90 pounds. The fact that the shrinkage is in most cases off set- 
by a good fill at market very materially reduces the net shrinkage; 
