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MANUAL OF CATTLE-FEEDING, 



Oiiginal weight 



Final weight 



Gam 



Gam of fat 



Gaxn of flesh 



Total, fat and flesh 



Lean. 



Pounds 



90.53 

 90.53 



Fat 

 Pounds. 



89 54 



116.45 



26 91 



24 51 

 -0 33 



¥3.18 



Very fat 

 Pounds 



89.10 



123 86 



34 76 



33.78 



51 



3^29 



The increase of fat and flesh is, in each case, less than 

 the total gain, showing that there was a gain of some- 

 thing else, and making it improbahle that any esbenlial 

 loss of water took place, especially as the flebh viab fonnd 

 to contain almost exactly the same percentage of water in 

 the very fat and in the lean animals, viz. : 



Lean 79 41 per cent. 



Very fat , , 79 02 *' 



Unfortunately, however, no snch complete analyses of 

 the whole animal were made in these trials as in those of 

 Lawes and Gilbert, ^nd hence the data which they afford 

 are insufficient to settle the question. 



The dry substance of the animal body consists of 

 organic and inorganic matter, and the former, again, of 

 nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous materials. 



By organic matter, in the above sense, is understood 

 matter which is combustible, and which, when subjected 

 to the action of fire, disappears, leaving the morganiGxadit- 

 ter behind as ashes. 



The terms are not strictly correct, since the ash of a 



