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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
told me that cattle with this white condition of the fat were 
much preferred by them. I was assisted much in getting 
names of feeders of different bunches of cattle with fat of dif¬ 
ferent colors, but just at that time sickness prevented further 
investigation. When recovered, it had been so long that I 
feared my statistics would not be accurate, for the feeders 
might have forgotten all about the particular bunches of cattle. I 
came to these conclusions from an examination of the ingesta. 
Dr. Moore : I don’t know anything about meat inspection, 
but I have seen a few cattle fattened, and I would like to ask 
Dr. Heck the percentage of those cattle which show this waxy 
condition of the fat. White corn is worth more than the yel¬ 
low, and it is usually hauled and shipped out, and it is not 
much raised. The alfalfa sections are limited, therefore the 
percentage of cattle of this character must be limited. 
Dr. Johnston: Some four months I spent in Phoenix, Ariz. 
All cattle there are fed on alfalfa and barley, and it struck me to 
see such fine meat in the butcher shops, and I used to stop and 
admire the finest specimens I ever saw in my life. I found there 
white and yellow fat where no corn was fed. 
Dr. Heck : This question of the effect of food on color of 
fat can be easily settled. The inspection force in the Missouri 
Valley has an excellent opportunity to observe the different 
manifestations at the abattoirs, and trace the animals to the 
feeder. There is a very small percentage of these beautiful 
white carcasses. 
Dr. KaiLpp: Occasionally we find one or two cattle of a 
golden yellow, while the remainder are normal. 
Dr. Heck: I thought I made this clear. By cattle being 
shipped to market in one car, is no guarantee that they have all 
been fed in one lot. Stockmen frequently in grading a car of 
cattle, buy from other feeders to complete their shipment, and there 
are many other complications that are possible that would tend 
to defeat any investigation. 
Dr. Netherton : I would like to ask Dr. Heck what is the 
difference in the nutrient material of the different kinds of 
corn, and what would be the effect of feeding brewers’ grains ? 
Dr. Heck : There is no difference in the quality. Feeding 
slop has a tendency to produce soft, watery flesh, which does 
not contain as much nutrition as the flesh of corn-fed animals. 
Dr. Kelly: The army regulations are against the purchase 
of beef with yellow fat. They claim that the percentage of 
loss is greater in such meat. 
