Thus the cattle now coming forward are thinner and larger than they were a year ago, and this means that they are older and have fattened more slowly. In effect they have been stored longer, a process which necessarily decreases the efficiency with which the animals' food is converted into its own body substance. J. L. Lush (ref: "Food and Life", p.468) has proposed an equation whereby the quantity of fat in a beef animal can be calculated from the killing out per- centage. His method gives results which appear reasonable and I have used it here.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB74
- Document Reference
- CAB 74/12/45
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 74/12
- Former Department Reference
- SFC(41) 27
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab74.000012.045
- Keywords
- Agricultural Production Agriculture Animal Feed Beef Cattle Civil Consumption Drought Farmers Fats Food Supplies Harvests Livestock Meat Nutrition Offal
- Language
- English
- Locations Discussed
- Eire
- Organizations Discussed
- Scientific Committee on Food Policy
- Pages
- 3
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply
