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On tlie Composition of Oxen, Sheep, and Pigs, 
Table XI. 
Percentages of Mineral Matter, Nitrogenous Compounds, Fat, Total 
Dry Substance, and Water, in tlie Carcasses, and in the Offal, 
respectively, of 10 Animals of different descriptions, or in different 
conditions of Growth and Fatness. 
DESCRIPTION OF ANIIIAL. 
Jlineral 
Jlntter 
Nitro- 
genous 
Compounds 
(Dry). 
Fat 
Total 
Dry 
M'ater. 
(AsU). 
(Dry). 
SubBtuuce. 
Per Cent, in Carcass. 
Fat Calf .. .. 
Half- fat Ox.. .. 
Fat Ox . . . . 
Fat Lamb .. 
Store Sheep 
Half-fat old Sheep 
Fat Sheep . . . . 
Extra fat Sheep .. 
Store Pig .. .. 
Fat Pig .. .. 
Means of all 
4- 48 
5- 56 
4-5G 
3- 63 
4- 36 
4'13 
3-45 
2-77 
2-57 
1-40 
3-69 
16'6 
17*8 
15-0 
10- 9 
U'5 
14-9 
11- 5 
9-1 
14-0 
10'5 
13- 
16.6 
22- 6 
34-8 
36'9 
23- 8 
31-3 
45-4 
55'1 
28-1 
49-5 
34-4 
37-7 
46-0 
54-4 
51'4 
42-7 
50- 3 
60- 3 
67-0 
44-7 
61- 4 
51- 6 
Per Cent, in Offal ( = sum of Parts, excluding Contents of Stomachs and 
Intestines). 
Fat Calf 
3-41 
17-1 
14 
6 
35 
1 
64-9 
Half-fat Ox 
4.05 
20-6 
15 
7 
40 
4 
59-6 
3.40 
17-5 
26 
3 
47 
2 
52-8 
2'45 
18-9 
20 
1 
41 
5 
58-5 
2-19 
18-0 
16 
1 
36 
3 
63-7 
Half-fat old Sheep 
2-72 
17-7 
18 
5 
38 
9 
61-1 
Fat Sheep 
2-32 
16-1 
26 
4 
44 
8 
55-2 
3-64 
16-8 
34 
5 
54 
9 
45-1 
3-07 
14-0 
15 
0 
32 
1 
67-9 
Fat Pig 
2-97 
14-8 
22 
8 
40 
6 
59-4 
3*02 
17-2 
21 
0 
41 
2 
58-8 
For a full discussion of the composition of these 10 animals, 
and more especially for a consideration of the bearing of the 
results upon the question of the probable average composition of 
the meat consumed as human food, and its relations to bread, 
the reader is referred to our Paper in the Transactions of the 
Royal Society, already quoted. We can here do little more 
than call attention to the composition of the animals, and of their 
increase, 
