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SHRINKAGE FROM DIFFERENT FEEDS. 
On March 13, the steers were weighed in the forenoon 
after feeding and before watering. They were presumably 
about half full. The same day they were weighed in the 
middle of the afternoon, after drinking, and when they 
probably had the heaviest weight of the day. The varia¬ 
tions between the weights are decided. The steers weighed 
on the average 37 pounds more, full than half full. Pen 
No. 1 showed 49 pounds; pen No. 2, 36 pounds; pen No. 3, 
21 pounds; pen No. 4, 12 pounds; pen No. 5, 57 pounds; pen 
No. 6, 46 pounds. The pen on the ensilage shows the least 
gain, which was to be expected; but the beet pen, showing 
the most, was decidedly contrary to expectation. 
In individual steers, “Little Roan,” on hay, gains 70 
pounds; “Strawberry,” on beets and grain, 85 pounds; and 
“Cherry,” on grain, 66 pounds; while “Calico,” No. 4, No. 3, 
and “ Baldy,” each make less than 15 pounds gain. 
WEIGHTS AND SHRINKAGE 
tyo. of 
Pen. 
Feed. 
Weight 
Dec. 27. 
Weight 
March 13 a. 
m., half 
full. 
Weight 
March 13 p. 
m., full. 
Weight 
March 18 p. 
m., no 
water. 
Weight 
March 19, 
Denver. 
Probable 
weight if 
sold at 
farm. 
1. 
Alfalfa 
991 
1,045 
1,114 
1,011 
1,042 
1,090 
2. 
Wheat and Beets 
f):>7 
1.14S 
1,184 
l.l'l 
1,100 
1,164 
3. 
Fodder Corn 
990 
1,115 
1,136 
1,119 
1,033 
1,126 
4. 
Ensilage 
996 
1,115 
1,135 
1,067 
1,018 
1.120 
Beets 
985 
1,097 
1,154 
1,078 
1,075 
1,126 
6. 
Wheat 
1,062 
1,183 
1 229 
1,148 
1,175 
1,206 
Ave.. 
1,003 
1,120 
1.159 
1,094 
1,074 
1,139 
No. of Pen. 
Gain from Dec. 27 to 
. March 13’, a. m. 
Gain from Dec. 27 to 
Denver weight 
Shrink from probable 
weight if sold on farm 
to Denver weight. 
1. 
74 
51 
48 
2. 
151 
103 
64 
3. 
125 
43 
93 
4. 
119 
22 
102 
5. 
112 
90 
51 
6. 
121 
113 
31 
Average. 
117 
70 
65 
The steers were shipped to Denver on March 18, at six 
o’clock p. m. They were not watered on the 18th, and were 
weighed in the afternoon before driving to the cars. So 
that the farm weight represents considerably less than full 
weight, and, on the average, it is 28 pounds less than the 
half-full weight of March 13, in the forenoon ; showing 
that the steers had not eaten much food, not having water. 
They went to Denver that night, were unloaded into the 
corrals, fed and watered. They all drank, but ate scarcely 
anything. They were then weighed separately about 
