Bull. 1089, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate VII. 







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Fig. I. — Steer in Summer Condition (July). 



At this time of the year the animals are fat, but the meat is watery and the fat reddish. The 

 abdomen is large because of the watery vegetation in the summer food. 



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Fig. 2. — Reindeer Hindquarter in November. 



The layer of back fat lying between the muscles of the back 

 and the skin in this animal was 2 inches thick. This layer 

 is like tallow and is put on in fall as a reserve food supply 

 and absorbed during the winter. 



