UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 1086 



Washington, D. C. 



October, 1922 



SHRINKAGE OF SOFT FORK 

 UNDER COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS 



By 



L. B. BURK, Investigator in Marketing Live Stock and Meats 



Live Stock, Meats, and Wool Division 



Bureau of Agricultural Economics 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Canses of Soft and Oily Pork . 2 



Testa on a Commerciai Scale S 



Plan of Experiment 4 



Metliods of Handling the Meat 6 



Results 7 



The True DiG'erence in the Oily, Soft, and Firm Pork 9 



Prices of the Three Grades of Meat Compared Hi 



Summary 13 



Appendix 15 



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