46 
BULLETIN 25, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
following day when loaded weighed 106,745 pounds, the total shrink- 
age being 5,995 pounds and the average shrinkage 68 pounds. 
Another lot of 92 head at Fort Morgan, Colo., weighed 111,090 
pounds at the end of the feeding and 108,150 pounds at loading time, 
the total shrinkage in this case being 2,940 pounds and the average 
shrinkage 32 pounds. 
METHODS OF FEEDING. 
A line on the feeding methods with pulp cattle may be had from 
the following instances of rations fed, which have been kindly 
furnished. 
The average daily ration of 3-year-old southern steers fattened at 
Sterling. Colo., in 1911. average time on feed 179 days, was as follows: 
Pounds. 
Beet pulp 89.1 
Alfalfa hay 11.4 
Molasses-alfalfa hay 4. 2 
Molasses 2. 
Cottonseed cake 1. 8 
Ground corn 2. 3 
Straw . .56 
Sorghum . 23 
Salt .004 
The average daily ration of a shipment of 88 head of 3-year-old 
steers, fed at Brush, Colo., and marketed in February, 1912. after 
being on feed 110 clays, was as below : 
Pounds. 
Beet pulp-" 90-100 
Alfalfa hay 12 
Molasses-alfalfa hay 6 
Cottonseed cake 1^ 
Ground corn 1 3 
Table 18. — B eet-pul.p-fed cattle in transit from 2 to 5 days. 
Dare of shipment. 
Shipping point. 
Unloading 
station. 
Market. 
Num- 
ber of 
cat- 
tle. 
Dayi 
on 
feed. 
Aver- 
net 
■hriuk- 
101 
1911. 
Brush, Colo. 
Lincoln . 
Sterling 
...do. 
. . .do. 
Colo. 
sh. Colo. 
.do 
.do 
.do 
.do 
.do 
.do 
.do 
.do 
.do 
Omaha. 
Joseph 
.do... 
.do.... 
.do... 
.do... . 
.do... 
.do. 
124 
96 
40 
83 
42 
111 
52 
0) 
146 
146 
160 
209 
226 
8 
Lbs. 
66 
60.3 
18.5 
= 5.2 
85.2 
45 
31 
55 
50 
83 
Average for St. Joseph, 170 50 
1911. 
1 Figures not available for separate shipments, but the average number of days on feed for all the ship- 
ments from Brush, Colo., was 164. 
2 This shipment gained in weight after the fill at market. The cattle were taken off pulp 22 hours before 
shipping and put on dry feed. "They shrank 68 pounds per head during this time. 
