Bull. 1089, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
Plate VII, 
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 tlie summer food. 
Fig. 2. — Reindeer Hindquarter in November. 
The layer of back fat lying between the muscles of the lack 
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. 
