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controlled by the constitutional habit, unless as before stated the 

 conditions of nutrition are rendered very abnormal. 



These remarks are not offered as a new or final conclusion, but 

 rather as indicating a general law which the feeder must, and al- 

 ready practically does, recognize. 



It is interesting, at least, to note two other points concerning 

 which the preceding data give definite information. 



These points are: 



(1) The proportion of the actual growth of the animal which 

 may ordinarily serve as human food and therefore is most valuable. 



It is easy to ascertain this proportion in the case of these four 

 steers, and this is given in the table which follows: 



TABLE LVI. 



PROPORTIONS OF NON-EDIBLE MATERIAL IN ENTIRE BODIES OF STEERS. 



as 



Steer 1. 



In entire body, exclusive of skin, pounds 



In edible portion, including kidney fat, pounds 



In non-edible portion, pounds 



Per cent in non-edible portion 



Steer 2. 



In entire body, exclusive of skin, pounds 



Edible portion, including kidney fat, pounds... 



In non-edible portion, pounds 



Per cent in non-edible portion 



Steer 3. 



In entire body, exclusive of skin, pounds 



Edible portion, including kidney fat, pounds .. 



In non-edible portion, pounds 



Per cent in non-edible portion 



Steer 4. 



In entire body, exclusive of skin, pounds 



Edible portion, including kidney fat, pounds... 



In non-edible portion, pounds 



Per cent in non-edible portion 



298.5 

 171-1 



127.4 



42.7 



475.0 

 273.0 



202.0 

 42 5 



449.6 

 265.6 



1S4.0 

 40.9 



294.7 

 166.0 



128.7 

 43.7 



127.6 

 74.7 



52.9 

 41.5 



167.9 



9S.6 



69.3 

 41.3 



161.4 

 95.5 



65 9 



40. S 



120.3 



70.3 



50.0 

 41.6 



138.2 

 92.8 



45.4 

 32.8 



255.0 

 169.7 



85.3 

 33.4 



237.6 

 165.5 



72.1 

 30.3 



138.8 

 92.2 



46.6 

 33.6 



32.7 

 3.6 



29.1 



89.0 



52.02 



4.7 



47.3 

 90.9 



50.6 

 4.6 



46.0 

 90.9 



35.5 

 3.4 



32.1 



90.4 



It seems that without taking into consideration the skin and hair, 

 over forty per cent, of the dry matter of the animal body is rejected 



