BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY, 



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During the fiscal year 84,769 shipments were made by retail 

 dealers and butchers holding certificates of exemption, as compared 

 with 114,976 shipments in the fiscal year 1914. The products so 

 shipped were as follows : 



Shipments by retail dealers and butchers tinder certificates of exemption from 



inspection. 



Product. 



Beef, carcasses (2,084 quarters) 



Calves, carcasses 



Sheep, carcasses 



Swine,' carcasses 



Beef, fresh 



Veal, fresh 



Mutton, fresh 



Pork, fresh 



Number. 



521 



41,340 



1,717 



1,025 



Pounds. 



231,821 



3, 547, 551 



68,268 



101,861 



1,760,218 



238, 048 



523,271 



300,350 



Product. 



Cured meats 



Lard 



Sausage 



Miscellaneous (scrapple, tripe, 

 head cheese, etc.) 



Total. 



Number. 



Pounds, 



490, 987 



44,375 



100,770 



66,504 



44,603 7,474,024 



During the fiscal year 78,026 interstate shipments were made of 

 meats and meat food products from animals slaughtered by farmers 

 on the farm, as compared with 87,155 shipments during the fiscal 

 year 1914, The products so shipped were as follows : 



Shipments of farm-slaughtered products under exemption. 



Product. 



Beef,carcasses (6,188 quarters) 



Calves, carcasses 



Sheep, carcasses 



Swine, carcasses 



Beef, fresh 



Veal, fresh 



Mutton, fresh 



Pork, fresh 



Number. 



1,547 



107, 41'6 



8,9S6 



17, 068 



Pounds. 



617, 286 



9,900,643 



344,864 



2,047,780 



44,298 



84,905 



6,622 



329, 880 



Product. 



Cured meats 



Lard 



Sausage 



Miscellaneous (scrapple,tripe, 

 head cheese, etc.) 



Total. 



Number. Poimds 



135,027 



727,960 

 213,607 

 128, 163 



45,738 



14,491,746 



INSPECTION OF IMPORTED MEATS. 



Under the provisions of the tariff act of October 3, 1913, inspec- 

 tions of imported meats and meat food products were made by the 

 bureau as shown in the following table. Compared with the nine 

 months of the fiscal year 1914 in which the law was effective, there 

 was a small proportionate decrease in the quantity of products 

 received. 



Import meat and meat food products inspected. 



Country of origin. 



Argentina 



Australia 



Canada 



Uruguay 



other countries 



Total.... 



Fresh and refrigerated 

 meats. 



Beef. 



Pminds. 

 141,724,204 



7,850,818 

 14,799,718 

 19, 208, .342 



5,026,471 



188,615,553 



other 

 classes. 



Pounds. 

 11,596,377 



1,423,940 

 11,813,133 



1,234,137 



1,967,549 



28,035,136 



Cured and 

 canned 

 meats. 



Pounds. 



1,849,376 



4,559,435 



15,683,217 



479, 611 



619,419 



23,191,058 



other 

 products. 



Pounds. 



2, 679, 842 

 42,313 



1, 812, 294 

 102,996 

 544,245 



5, 181, 690 



Total 

 weight. 



Pounds. 

 157, 849, 799 

 13, 882, 506 

 44,108,362 

 21,025,086 

 8,157,684 



245,023,437 



