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ummary of the composition of ten different animals in different
stages of fattening. The first division gives the composition of the
carcass, that is, the portion of the animal usually consumed as human
food; the second that of the offal, consisting of the parts not usually
employed as food; and the third that of the entire animals, including
the contents of the stomach and intestines:--
[Transcriber's note: Column titles are printed vertical, which is not
possible to do here. Therefore they are replaced with a 2-3 character
code, explained here]
Column titles:
MM = Mineral Matter
NC = Nitrogenous Compounds
TDS = Total Dry Substance
CSI = Contents of Stomachs and Intestine in moist state.
Wat = Water
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| | ||Per cent in Offal, excluding |
| | Per cent in Carcass || contents of Stomachs and |
| | || Intestines. |
| |------------------------||-----------------------------|
| | MM | NC | Fat| TDS| WAT|| MM | NC | Fat | TDS | WAT |
|-------------------|----|----|----|----|----||-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|Fat Calf |4.48|16.6|16.6|37.7|62.3|| 3.41| 17.1| 14.6| 35.1| 64.9|
|Half-fat Ox |5.56|17.8|22.6|46.0|54.0|| 4.05| 20.6| 15.7| 40.4| 59.6|
|Fat Ox |4.56|15.0|34.8|54.4|45.6|| 3.40| 17.5| 26.3| 47.2| 52.8|
|Fat Lamb |3.63|10.9|36.9|51.4|48.6|| 2.45| 18.9| 20.1| 41.5| 58.5|
|Store Sheep |4.36|14.5|23.8|42.7|57.3|| 2.19| 18.0| 16.1| 36.3| 63.7|
|Half-fat old Sheep |4.13|14.9|31.3|50.3|49.7|| 2.72| 17.7| 18.5| 38.9| 61.1|
|Fat Sheep |3.45|11.5|45.4|60.3|39.7|| 2.32| 16.1| 26.4| 44.8| 55.2|
|Extra fat Sheep |2.77| 9.1|55.1|67.0|33.0|| 3.64| 16.8| 34.5| 54.9| 45.1|
|Store Pig |2.57|14.0|28.1|44.7|55.3|| 3.07| 14.0| 15.0| 32.1| 67.9|
|Fat Pig |1.40|10.5|49.5|61.4|38.6|| 2.97| 14.8| 22.8| 40.6| 59.4|
|-------------------|----|----|----|----|----||-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|Mean of all |3.69|13.5|34.4|51.6|48.4|| 3.02| 17.2| 21.0| 41.2| 58.8|
|-------------------|----|----|----|----|----||-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|Mean of 8, viz, the| | | | | || | | | | |
| half-fat, fat, and|3.75|13.3|36.5|53.6|46.4|| 3.12| 17.4| 22.4| 42.9| 57.1|
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