SHRINKAGE OF WEIGHT OF BEEF CATTLE IX TRANSIT. 
65 
head. An average of all the shipments of Table 25 shows a shrink- 
age of 26 pounds per head. 
The 68 bulls from Odessa, Tex., weighed 1,124 pounds each and 
shrank 38 pounds per head, or 12 pounds more than the average for 
all the cattle. The five cars of steers, 139 head, shrank but 19 pounds 
each, or 7 pounds less than the average. The shipment of 40 Mexi- 
can heifers from Colorado shrank 26 pounds each. These heifers 
had been shipped in from Mexico 60 days previous and put on pas- 
ture. While they had gained in weight while on pasture, they were 
still poor when shipped. 
The grand average of all the 849 head of cattle showed them to 
have been in transit 21 hours to market, to have had an average 
weight of 783 pounds, and to have lost 26 pounds in Aveight from 
shipping. 
Table 25.— Mixed range cattle in transit less than 2^ hours. 
Aver- 
Aver- 
Num- 
ber 
Time 
age 
weight 
age 
weight 
Aver- 
age 
of 
Point of origin. 
in 
at 
at des- 
net 
Remarks. 
transit, 
point 
tination 
shrink- 
head. 
of 
after 
age. 
origin. 
fill. 
Hours. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. [Pounds. 
32 
18 
722 
722 

47 
Odessa, Tex 
23| 
519 
497 
22 
These were 14 cows and 33 calves. 
84 
do 
19* 
950 
904 
46 
These were 65 cows and 19 bulls. 
92 
m 
739 
714 
25 
Driven 9 miles slowly. Had medium 
fill. 
40 
.....do 
171 
508 
510 
1 +2 
These were 17 cows and 23 calves. 
Poor fill at Colorado. 
28 
Odessa, Tex 
24 
928 
910 
18 
28 
do 
24 
936 
913 
23 
179 
do 
23§ 
846 
820 
26 
Cattle were "worked" 2 days at ranch. 
On road 2 days to pens. 
43 
Colorado, Tex 
18£ 
521 
496 
25 
The calves were fat, but the cows were 
poor and weak. 
29 
do 
21 
886 
815 
71 
Driven but 3 miles and fed green kafir 
corn before loading. 
68 
Odessa, Tex 
23 
1,124 
1,086 
' 38 
3 cars of bulls. 
139 
do 
19| 
17 
750 
731 
19 
5 cars of steers. 
40 
Colorado, Tex 
415 
389 
26 
Thin 2-year-old Mexican heifers. 
Grand average 
21 
783 
757 
26 
1 Gain in weight instead of a shrinkage. 
MIXED RANGE CATTLE IN TRANSIT OYER 24 HOURS. 
The shrinkage on mixed range cattle in transit to market over 24 
hours is presented in Table 26. All of the 150 head in the table 
originated near Odessa, Tex., and are shipments which made poor 
time to market. These shipments should have gone through within 
24 hours, but for various reasons were longer. The difference m 
shrinkage between these cattle and those from Odessa that did make 
the run within 24 hours may be considered due to delay, etc. Each 
shipment was made up of but a single car, and was made up largely 
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