SHKII^KAGE OF WEIGHT OF BEEF CATTLE IN TRANSIT. 47 
Table 18. — Beet-pulp-fecl cattle in transit from 2 to 5 clays — Continued. 
Date of shipment. 
Shipping point. 
Unloading 
station. 
Market. 
Num- 
ber of 
cat- 
tle. 
Days 
on 
feed. 
Aver- 
age 
net 
shrink- 
1911 
Average for Kansas Citv, 
1911. 
Sterling, Colo. 
....do 
....do 
....do 
....do 
St. Joseph. 
do 
do 
do 
do 
Kansas City. 
....do 
....do 
....do 
Brush, Colo. 
....do 
1911. 
'Sterling, Colo. 
Brush, Colo . . 
....do 
....do 
Lincoln and St. 
Joseph. 
do 
do 
....do 
St. Louis. 
Average for St. Louis, 
1911. 
1911. 
Sterling, Colo. 
do 
Brush, Colo . . 
....do 
....do 
....do 
Lincoln and 
Montgomerv. 
do 
Chicago . 
.do., 
.do., 
.do., 
do., 
.do.. 
Average for Chicago, 1911. 
Jan. 20, 1912 Sterling, Colo. . 
Jan. 26, 1912 1 do 
Feb. 5, 1912 | Brush, Colo 
Feb. 10, 1912 ! Fort Morgan 
Colo. 
Do I Sterling, Colo. . 
Feb. 23, 1912 j Fort Morgan, 
Colo. 
May 13, 1912 1 do 
May 18, 1912 j do 
Lincoln . 
....do.. 
....do.. 
.do. 
Joseph. 
.do 
.do 
Average for St. Joseph. ! 
1912. 
May 13, 1912 j Fort* Morgan, 
Colo. 
Jan. 30, 1912 ! Billings, Mont . 
Lincoln . 
Do 
Do 
Feb. 7, 1912. 
.do 
.do..'... 
.do. 
Mandan and St. 
Paul. 
....do 
....do 
Do. 
Do. 
Gle n dive and 
Staples. 
....do 
....do 
Average for Chicago. 1912. 
Kansas City 
Chicago 
.do., 
.do.. 
.do. 
63 
57 
54 
36 
96 
111 
52 
102 
125 
111 
151 
103 
102 
75 
38 
90 
190 
146 
146 
146* 
ud 
210" 
0) 
C 1 ) 
165 
189 
0) 
0) 
C 1 ) 
171 
146 
189 
C 1 ) 
225 
230 
225 
104 
104 
164 
li 4 
164 
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. 
SUMMARY OF SEASON'S WORK. 
The summary of all of the tables in Part II is shown in Table 19. 
The gross shrinkage, or the shrinkage in transit, is seen to vary 
greatly with all cattle regardless of which class they are in. The 
greatest gross shrinkage occurred with the feed-lot cattle, although 
the difference between them and the range cattle in this respect was 
very slight. The highest as well as the lowest loss of weight in 
