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carcass. The results of the chemical analyses and the condition on 
arrival at destination of 78 such experiments which are comparable 
in their methods of procedure are shown in Table 1. 
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1 Pennington and Hepburn. The determination of the acid value of crude fat and its application in the 
detection of aged foods. J. Amer. Chem. Soc, 1910, 32 (4): 568. 
2 Hard frozen. 
