516 ME. J. B. LAWES AND DE. J. H. GILBERT ON THE COMPObITION OE 
When speaking of the mineral matter it was ” “to 
as much in the total bones, as in the to a P” times 
Table V. shows, that the 1,,,, <„ bony parts. Still it would 
ISrthTt wlnelrno nutriment was ^claimed from the bones, one-fifth ot one-sixth 
of the’ total’ nifrogenons substance of the Carcasses 
Comparing first the percentage of nitrogen m the r Jondition. “it will 
to decrease with the progress of the animal from the ,onsM^^^^^^ 
he seen further on, that the fattening or t3it matter accumulated 
diminution in the percentage of water in the hoc j ^ of niti'ogenous 
consists, howewer, in a much greater proportion of fatty ^ ^^^^nt of 
^iiod Indeed it would seem probable that, necessaidy , o 
compound. Indeed, wo v ^ben proper 
the nitrogenous compounds, the iaiger 
hydration, for the puiposes they subserve in the system^ 
rp +I1P fip-nres Table V. shows, that whilst the entire ut 
To go to the hguie , x-u f fripmoderatelTfat Ox contained about 
“ “-rs rsrr- " o«~ .. j. . — 
cent,, and that of the ^ ““-Sl/per cent of nitrogen, that of the moderately fatted 
earTassofthestorePigco^^^^^^^^^^^ 
one contained only i / iZ pei ce j _ ^^nichipa of nitroo'eii on the other 
proportion offat than that of any of the n^ P« 
Lnd, a higher percentage than that o^ny but f 
This, again, is perfectly consistent with t e lepu e (exclusive of con- 
Turlg to the percentage of nitrogen in the collect ve #777(7^^^ 
tents of stomachs and intestines), it is seen at a g ° J Lamb, and in the 
that of the store Pig, higher *an i^ e co ec rt ^ ^ ^ contained in the 
four Sheep, however, more than one-thud of the mtio„ collective other Offal parts 
wool. Deducting this, the percentage of nitiogen m 
would he less than in their collective Carcass parts. resnective parts 
In the right-hand portion ofTableV., the amounts of the 
are calculated so as to show their percentage in the total 01 > . j ^tjcntion 
. 1 • ^ A f Tarcass or tbe Offal taken separately. Taiticiiiai aueu 
animals, instead of in the l^aicass or rnc r ._,._ntao-e of nitrogen 
need only be called, however, to the more summai? new of p , - 
necu uiii:y ^ ^ _ rpc^-um VT The third column of this iabie slionb luah 
in the entire animal, as given in Table Vi. ^ a which is contributed by 
amount of the total percentage of nitrogen in the hn u - - 
L Carcass parts, and the fourth column that due to the to 
three columns of the Table give the percentage of nitrogen in the 
all parts together, both Carcass and Offal ; but determined or calculated by t 
methods Before considering the actual composition ofthe animals, in leg “ j e 
r totn in these three concluding columns, it will be interestmg to consider the 
