44 
BULLETIN 25, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
thus one shipment has but 7 pounds, one 8 pounds, and three others 
are under 30 pounds. 
The chief point of value to be gained in this table is found in the 
fill at market. As compared with other methods of feeding, silage- 
fattened cattle as a rule are good " drinkers " at market, and usually 
take on a good fill. This feature is responsible for the very light 
net shrinkage shown in the grand averages. 
It may be of interest to compare the net shrinkage in this table 
with that of four other shipments of silage-fed cattle which are not 
included because of incomplete data. These four shipments, all 
from Iowa, were made under normal weather conditions and have 
an average net shrinkage of 45 pounds for an average journey of 27 
hours. If the 53 cattle comprised in these shipments are averaged 
with those in the table, the net shrinkage for all would approximate 
34 pounds. This figure would no doubt better represent the average 
net shrinkage in silage-fed cattle in transit 26 hours than the 
slightly lower figure in the table. 
Table 17. — Silage-fed cattle in transit more than 20 hours. 
Time 
in 
transit. 
Aver- 
age 
weight 
at 
point of 
origin. 
Average weight 
at destination. 
Aver- 
age 
fill at 
mar- 
ket. 
Average shrink- 
age. 
Remarks. 
Before 
fill. 
After 
fill. 
Before 
fill. 
After 
fill. 
Hours. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds, 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
27 
1, 167 
1,083 
1, 140 
57 
84 
27 
Not trailed, 
weighed cool. 
28 
1,196 
1. 103 
1,167 
64 
93 
29 
Trailed 7 miles 
through hard 
rain. 
34 
1,353 
1, 218 
1,278 
60 
135 
75 
Weighed cool, no 
hay in ear. 
34 
1,198 
1,077 
1,127 
50 
121 
n 
Weighed full and 
eobl at station. 
23 
653 
597 
646 
49 
56 
Weighed cool, no 
hay in car. 
23 
1.227 
1,128 
1,181 
53 
99 
46 
Not trailed, 
weighed cool. 
23 
1,025 
930 
987 
57 
95 
38 
Weighed full at 
station. 
23 
1,183 
1,109 
1, 158 
74 
25 
Native 2-year-old 
steers. 
22 
1,258 
1,130 
1,215 
85 
128 
43 
Trailed 1 mile, 
loaded full. 
20 
955 
875 
902 
80 
53 
Weighed cool and 
full at home. 
21 
1,473 
1,368 
1,465 
97 
105 
8 
Weighed cool, 
trailed 1 mile. 
1,121 
1,029 
1,089 
60 
92 
132 
Num- 
ber 
of 
head. 
Point of origin. 
Corwith, Iowa. 
Luverne. Iowa 
Dallas Center, 
Iowa. 
....do 
Clayton, 111 
Elgin, Iowa 
do 
Harper, Iowa 
Keota, Iowa 
Carthage, 111..... 
Orleans, 111 
Grand average 
1 The average net shrinkage raised to 34 pounds (see text"). 
BEET-PULP FED CATTLE. 
The data concerning the shrinkage in transit of cattle fed prin- 
cipally on beet pulp are not as complete as those given in the pre- 
ceding tables for the other market classes of cattle. However, 
through the courtesy of the Great Western Sugar Co., of Denver, 
