Water in Animals 39 



soft tissues have been found to contain from 44 per 

 cent to 75 per cent, according to the species and con- 

 dition of the animal. The most extensive and com- 

 plete analyses so far made of the entire bodies of 

 animals were performed by Lawes and Gilbert at Roth- 

 amsted, England. In this country four steers were 

 analyzed at the Maine Experiment Station, and in 

 the study of human nutrition problems many determi- 

 nations of water have been made in the carcasses of 

 bovines, swine, sheep, poultry and game. The figures 

 are as follows: 



Water in entire body 



Per cent 



Ox, well-fed, Lawes & Gilbert 66.2 



Ox, half fat, Lawes & Gilbert 59 



Ox, fat, Lawes & Gilbert 49.5 



Steer, 17 months old, medium fat, M. E. S 59. 



Steer, 17 months old, medium fat, M. E. S 56.3 



Steer, 27 months old, fat, M. E. S 51.9 



Steer, 27 months old, fat, M. E. S 52.2 



Calf, fat, Lawes & Gilbert 64.6 



Sheep, lean, Lawes & Gilbert 67.5 



Sheep, well-fed, Lawes & Gilbert 63.2 



Sheep, half fat, Lawes & Gilbert 58.9 



Sheep, fat, Lawes & Gilbert 50.9 



Sheep, very fat, Lawes & Gilbert 43.3 



Swine, well-fed, Lawes & Gilbert 57.9 



Swine, fat, Lawes & Gilbert 43.9 



Chicken, flesh 74.2 



Fowl, flesh 65.2 



Goose, flesh 42.3 



Turkey, flesh '. 55.5 



It is very evident that, in general, considerably more 

 than half of the weight of the bodies of our domestic 



