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condition, Mr. Stephenson was enabled to determine with great ac- 

 curacy the actual weight of the butcher's meat in contrast with the 

 entire weight of the animal. Mr. Stephenson comes to the follow- 

 ing conclusions : 



Butcher's meat per cent 57.7 



Tallow 8.0 



The hide 6.5 



The entrails and oflfal. 28.8 



100.0 

 The precise quantities of marketable meat and of ofFal have also 

 been determined by Mr. Mallo in an ox of the Durham breed which 

 was slauiihtcred in his presence. The weight of the animal on its 

 feet was 1490 lbs. 



Per fenlage of 

 ».«. l;ve weight. 



The two fore quarters weighed 405.9 | ^^ . 



The two hind " 423.5 f ^'^ 



The skin 62.7 4.2 



The tallow 112,0 7.5 



The blood 110.0 7.4 



The head, fat, and entrails 381.7 25.5 



1496.0 100.0 



These relations as to meat, tallow, and skin agree in a very con- 

 siderable measure with the estimates of Mr. Stephenson. 



Sir John Sinclair gives the following numbers as the results ob- 

 tained in connection with an ox of the Devonshire breed, slaughtered 

 at the age of 3 years and 10 months. 



"Weight of the living animal, 1549.6 lbs. 



Per rentage of 

 lbs. the live weight. 



Butcher's meat, the four quarters 1083.5 70.0 



Theskin 84.9 5.5 



Tallow 143.2 9.2 



Entrails and blood 163.6 10.5 



Head and tongue 86.7 2.4 



Feet 17.1 1.4 



Heart, liver and lungs 20.4 1.3 



1549.4 100.0 



The animal here was not in prime condition. On the whole, the 

 relations as stated by Mr. Stephenson may be taken as those that 

 will be found nearest the average truth, and as his numbers are de- 

 duced from numerous actual experiments, I feel disposed to adopt 

 them. ]\I. Dubois has found that an ox which will weigh 473 lbs., 

 sinking the ofi'a!, will be brought by fattening to the w^eight of 763 

 lbs. We have, therefore, for the w^eight of an animal as it stands : 



Before fattening 828 lbs. 



After fattening 1386 



Gain in weight 508 



The fatteninsr having been effected in eight months, the absolute 

 increase in weight per diem will amount to 2 lbs,; the increase per 

 cent, upon the weight is 61.4. 



We have seen that during the fattening, the mean consumption, 

 reckoning the provender in hay, amounts to 6600 lbs,: the increase 

 obtained being 508 lbs. gives 16,9 lbs. of living solid for every 220 



