TABLE SHOWING COMPOSITION OF MEATS

ArticlesRefuseProteidFatMineral matterWater
Beef
Fore-quarter19.814.116.1.749.3
Hind-quarter16.315.315.6.852.
Round8.518.78.81. 63.
Rump18.514.419. .847.3
Loin12.615.917.3.953.3
Ribs20.213.620.6.744.9
Chuck ribs13.315. 20.8.850.1
Tongue15.114.815.3.953.9
Heart 16. 20.41. 62.6
Carbohydrates
Kidney.416.94.81.276.7
Liver1.821.65.41.469.8
Mutton
Hind-quarter16.713.523.5.745.6
Fore-quarter21.111.925.7.740.6
Leg17.415.114.5.852.2
Loin14.212.831.9.640.5
Veal
Fore-quarter24.514.66. .754.2
Hind-quarter20.715.76.6.856.2
Leg10.518.55. 1. 65.
Sweetbreads 15.412.11.670.9
Pork
Loin of pork16. 13.527.5.742.3
Ham, smoked12.714.133.24.135.9
Salt pork8.16.566.82.715.9
Bacon8.19.660.24.317.8
Poultry
Chicken34.814.81.1.848.5
Fowl30. 13.410.2.845.6
Turkey22.715.718.4.842.4
Goose22.210.333.8.633.1
W. O. Atwater, Ph.D.