Btndiful of the development of meat animftls as affected by breeding lihd feqwng are primarily eoncerned with changt's in fat deposit, thC' m~~lIlllr system, and skelC'titl slrncturC'.The proportions of r!~t, Ieallot and bone at a,ny given stn,ge of developm('nt are of interest t=o= t;he j:tQOdll(,C'I', packer, r('tailcr, ILncl ('specially the consumer.Fat 11(,55 a~ct& greatly the Il('('C'ptability of men,t to the consumer, and it is we'll known lhat til(' futtl'ning pt'riod is the most costly phase of animal f('('ciing.It is importunt, tlwrdort" that rapid, economical f1wthods fo[' estimating the physicni and e1H'mical ('omposition of CUI'CllS8l'S itlld cuts /1(' uVllilnble to ,,-o['kl'rs in the fit'let of livestock fwd m('at ['('seareh.Th(' most uc('urfite me'thocl for clptNmilling the composition of a meat lLuillliLl is to mlLke a ehemi('itl n,llltlysis of the l'ntire body RftCl' I Received for [lniJlicatioll April 2, 19.1().;f'" 2 On military leave.;; The authors give ('redit to X. R. Elli;:, R
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