BEEF CATTLE IN NORTH CAROLINA. 49 
Table 25.— Shipping and slaughter data, 1913-Uf. 1 
Lot 
No. 
Number 
of steers. 
Days 
fed. 
Ration. 
Aver- 
age 
final 
farm 
weight 
per 
stocr, 
Jan. 25. 
Aver- 
age 
market 
weight 
per 
steer at 
Rich- 
mond, 
Jan. 30. 
Aver- 
age 
shrink- 
age 
per 
steer 
in 
transit . 
Per 
centage 
of 
shrink- 
age. 
Aver- 
age 
weight 
of 
carcass 
at New 
York, 
Feb. 1. 
Per- 
centage 
dressed 
by 
farm 
weight. 
Per- 
centage 
dressed 
by 
market 
weight;. 
1 
10 
10 
21 
96 
96 
96 
Cottonseed meal , ear 
corn, and cottonseed 
hulls •-- 
Pounds. 
1,096 
1,103 
1,110 
Pounds. 
1,042 
1,055 
1,057 
Pounds. 
54 
48 
53 
Per ct. 
4.92 
4.35 
4.77 
Pounds. 
586 
597 
603 
Per ct. 
53^43 
54.17 
54.32 
Per ct. 
56.23 
2 
Cottonseed meal 
cottonseed hulls. 
Cottonseed meal 
and 
56.61 
3 
and 
57.05 
1 The steers in Lots 1,2, and 3 wore shipped to Richmond, Va., and after they had taken a fill were then 
sold to New York buyers; no live weights were secured at the New York market. Lot 4 was sold to local 
butchers, but the slaughter data are not available, as the steers were not marketed at the same time. 
The steers were driven 15 miles to Clyde, N. C, and held till the 
following morning, January 26, when they were watered and fed 
and then loaded on the cars. They arrived in Richmond, Va., on 
the night of January 28. The shrinkage was 54, 48, and 53 pounds 
per head for Lots 1, 2, and 3, respectively, which shows very little 
difference for the various lots. The steers were sold to buyers in 
Richmond on January 30 and shipped to New York, where they 
were slaughtered on February 1. The slaughter data are calculated 
on. the market weights taken in Richmond, as no weights were se- 
cured before killing at New York. The cattle of Lot 1 dressed 56.23 
per cent ; Lot 2, 56.61 per cent ; and Lot 3, 57.05 per cent. This in- 
dicates that the ration of cottonseed meal and corn silage will pro- 
duce as desirable carcasses as the ones fed to the other steers. No 
differences were assigned by the packers to the carcasses from the 
different lots. The cattle in Lot 4 were sold locally, and the slaughter 
data are not available. 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 
The financial statement of the feeding' and marketing of the four 
lots of steers is given in Table 26. 
Table 26. — Financial statement, 1914-15. 
Lot 1, 10 steers, fattened on cottonseed meal, ear corn, and cottonseed 
hulls : 
To 10 steers, 9,410 pounds at $6.75 per cwt____ $635.17 
To 5,270 pounds cottonseed meal at $25 per ton 65. 87 
To 23,085 pounds cottonseed hulls at $5.50 per ton 63. 48 
To 5,000 pounds ear corn at $1 per bushel : _ 71. 43 
Freight, Clyde, N. C, to Richmond 25. 60 
Feed at Spencer, N. C . 2. 00 
