58 BULLETIN" 25, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
pounds by fill at Chicago, leaving a net shrinkage of but 3 pounds 
for the second stage. The grand average net shrinkage for the 
whole period of 68 hours was but 21 pounds per head. 
Table 22. — Mixed cattle in transit over 36 hours. 
Num- 
ber 
of 
head. 
Point of origin. 
Time 
in 
transit, 
first 
period. 
Aver- 
age 
weight 
at point 
of 
origin. 
Shrinkage, 
first period. 
Aver- 
age 
fill, 
first 
period. 
Time 
in 
transit, 
second 
period. 
Shrinkage, 
second period. 
Before 
fill. 
After 
fill. 
Before 
fill. 
After 
fill. 
51 
43 
43 
43 
Glendive, Mont 
do 
do 
do 
Grand average 
Hours. 
32 
32 
32 
32 
Pounds. 
833' 
1,381 
1,100 
993 
Pounds. 
39 
51 
48 
47 
Pounds. 
10 
29 
13 
21 
Pounds. 
29 
22 
35 
26 
Hours. 
38 
35 
35 
35 
Pounds. 
25 
22 
28 
20 
Pounds. 
4 
1 + 6 
4 
11 
32 
1,066 
46 
18 
28 
36 
24 
3 
Num- 
ber 
of 
head. 
Point of origin. 
Fill at 
market. 
Total 
time 
in 
transit. 
Total 
shrinkage. 
Remarks. 
Before 
fill. 
After 
fill. 
51 
43 
43 
43 
Glendive, Mont 
do 
do 
do 
Grand average 
Pounds. 
21 
28 
24 
9 
Hours. 
70 
67 
67 
67 
Pounds. 
25 
51 
41 
41 
Pounds. 
14 
23 
17 
32 
Driven 42 miles in 2 days. 
Grazed 4 hours a day. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
21 
68 
42 
21 
1 Gain in weight instead of a shrinkage. 
There were three shipments of mixed cattle from Dickinson, 
N. Dak., to the St. Paul market that are not shown in the tables, as 
complete records on them were not secured. They should have run 
into St. Paul within 30 hours, but they were delayed for various 
reasons, in one case a drawbar pulled out, so that the cattle had to be 
unloaded and fed in transit. They were 41 hours in transit. The 
unloading took place at Staples, Minn., and the cattle were on feed 
16^ hours before reloading. 
One of these shipments was of 28 head of mixed cattle that had 
been handled carefully before loading and looked extremely well. At 
market they filled 22 pounds, leaving a net shrinkage of 25 pounds per 
head, just a little more than the average for the mixed cattle shown 
in Table 22. 
The other two shipments received exceptional maltreatment for 
cattle of the Northwest. It is seldom that cattle are handled in such 
a manner in that section. They were rounded up one day. The fol- 
lowing day they were driven 20 miles without either feed or water, 
and were then penned and held all night and until 6 p. m. the follow- 
