SHRINKAGE OF WEIGHT OF BEEF CATTLE IX TEAXSIT. 61 
miles from the pasture to the loading pens, and had a medium fill. 
Evidently they failed to fill at the market. 
The 293 head from Colorado. Tex., forming the last item in the 
table, were all Mexican cows which had been on grass in Texas be- 
tween 60 and 90 days. They were very poor, just frames, when 
brought in. and had put on flesh wonderfully fast. They were driven 
but 9 mile> and showed a shrinkage of 46 pounds per head. 
Table 23. — Range cows in trans-it less than 2A hoars. 
Num- 
ber 
of 
head. 
Point of origin. 
Time 
in 
transit. 
Aver- 
weisht 
»* 
point 
of 
origin. 
Aver- 
age 
"weight 
at des- 
tination 
after 
fill. 
Aver- 
age 
net 
shrink- 
age. 
Hours. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
27 
Odessa, Tex 
23i 
989 
952 
37 
28 
do 
21 
868 
809 
59 
520 
do 
23 
. 987 
961 
26 
Colorado, Tex 
19i 
. 868 
808 
60 
202 
Odessa. Tex 
23 
861 
834 
27 
61 
23 
S79 
832 
145 
do 
23i 
876 
850 
293 
Colorado, Tex 
16| 
606 
560 
46 
Grand average 
860 
S26 
34 
Eemarks. 
Had a medium fill when loaded. 
Had grass until loaded. 
Driven 25 miles in 2 days. Grass until 
loaded. 
Driven 4 miles to loading pens. Had 
a medium fill. 
Trailed 25 miles to pens. Plentv of 
grass and water. Average fill. 
Trailed 2 days to loading peus. Grass, 
but no water before loading. 
Trailed 9 miles. Mexican cows grazed 
in Texas for 90 days. 
The grand average of Table 23 shows the run to be of 22 hours' 
duration, the average weight to be 860 pounds, and the net shrinkage 
to be 34 pounds. In other words, the shrinkage on cows of the South- 
west for an average year was found to be 4 per cent of their live 
weight when they were in transit 22 hours only. 
RANGE COWS IN TRANSIT OVER 24 HOURS. 
In Table 24 are the weights of IT shipments of cow<. totaling 1,383, 
from Odessa, Tex., to the Fort Worth market. This run should be 
made within 21 hours, and in Table 23 are shown several shipments 
which made the run in less than 24 hours, but the time required for 
the shipments shown here varied from 24 J to 33-|. hours. These 
cattle were chiefly grade Herefords and Shorthorns, though some 
were of common breeding. Practically all of them were in good 
condition, and some were really fat for grass cattle. The weather 
was good during the whole fall, though some of the days were hot. 
No storms or " northers " came during the time these cattle were 
being shipped. The animals ranged in weight from 817 to 1.002 
pounds at the loading point, averaging 907 pounds. The shrinkage 
