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THE EOTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTS. 



TABLE 68.— Percentage Composition of the Carcasses, the Offal, 

 and the Entire Bodies, of Ten Animals, of Different Descrip- 

 tions, or in Different Conditions of Maturity. 



Description of animal. 



Contents 

 of stom- 

 achs and 

 intestines 

 (in moist 

 state). 



PER CENT IN CARCASS. 



Fat calf. 

 Half-fat ox 

 Fat ox . 



Fat lamb 

 Store sheep . 

 Half-fat old sheep 

 Fat sheep 

 Extra-fat sheep 



Store pig 

 Fat pig . 



Means of all 



4.48 

 5.56 

 4.56 



3.63 

 4.36 

 4.13 

 3.45 

 2.77 



2.57 

 1.40 



3.69 



16.6 

 17.8 

 15.0 



10.9 

 14.5 

 14.9 

 11.5 

 9.1 



14.0 

 10.5 



13.5 



16.6 

 22.6 

 34.8 



36.9 

 23.8 

 31.3 

 45.4 

 55.1 



28.1 

 49.5 



34.4 



37.7 

 46.0 

 54.4 



51.4 

 42.7 

 50.3 

 60.3 

 67.0 



44.7 

 61.4 



>1.6 



62.3 

 54.0 

 45.6 



48.6 

 57.3 

 49.7 

 39.7 

 33.0 



55.3 

 38.6 



48.4 



PER CENT IN OFFAL (EX-CONTENTS OF STOMACHS 

 AND INTESTINES). 



Fat calf. 

 Half-fat ox . 

 Fat ox . 



Fat lamb 

 Store sheep . 

 Half-fat old sheep 

 Fat sheep 

 Extra- fat sheep 



Store pig 

 Fat pig . 



Means of all 



PER CENT IN THE ENTIRE ANIMAL (FASTED LIVE-WEIGHT). 



