XVI 



REPOKT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 



The numbers and classes of animals inspected at time of slaughter, 

 and the number of these or parts thereof condemned, will be found in 

 the following table: 



Post-mortem inspection for fiscal year 1899. 



Kind of animal. 



Cattle 



Sheep 



Calves 



Hogs 



Horses 



Total 



Number of inspeetions. 



On animals 

 For official I rejected in 

 abattoirs. stock 



yards. 



4,841,166 



6, 119, 886 



315,693 



23, 336, 884 



5,559 



34, 619, 188 



20, 828 



5,209 



276 



92, 112 



118,425 



Total. 



4,861,994 



6, 125, 095 



315,969 



23,428,996 



5, 559 



Carcasses condemned. 



For ofli- 

 cial abat- 

 toirs. 



6,209 

 4,234 



182 

 38, 598 



112 



Animals 



rejected 



in stock 



yards. 



4, 029 



1,240 



54 



7,248 



34,737,613 49,335 ; 12,571 



Total. 



10,238 



5,474 



236 



45, 846 



112 



Parts of 

 carcasses 



con- 

 demned 

 at abat- 

 toirs. 



8,973 



309 



32 



21, 032 



61,906 



30,3, 



The meat-inspection tag or brand was placed upon 17,177,442 quar- 

 ters, 343,427 pieces, and 1,554 sacks of beef, 6,050,444 carcasses of 

 sheep, 310,126 carcasses of calves, 1,138,507 carcasses of hogs, and 

 653,756 sacks and 48,485 pieces of pork. 



The ordinary meat-inspection stamp was affixed to 5,584,995 pack- 

 ages containing beef, 24,151 of mutton, 107 of veal, 13,122,677 of pork, 

 and 602 of horseflesh. 



Seals were attached to 69,937 cars containing inspected products. 



The number of ordinary certificates issued, except for horseflesh, 

 was 43,631. The meat products covered by these certificates aggre- 

 gated a total weight of 438,138,233 pounds of beef, 680,897 pounds of 

 mutton, and 272,050,663 pounds of pork. Eight certificates were 

 issued for 188,800 pounds of horseflesh. 



The cost of conducting the work of ordinary meat inspection was 

 ^505,280.52, an increase of $39,571.29 over the amount expended the 

 previous year. 



MICROSCOPIC INSPECTION OP PORK. 



The number of carcasses examined was 999,554, resulting in the fol- 

 lowing classification: Class A, free from ail appearance of trichinse, 

 968,405, or 96.88 per cent; Class B, containing trichina-like ])odies or 

 disintegrating trichinse, 11,701, or 1.17 per cent; Class C, containing 

 living trichina^, 19.448, or 1.95 per cent. 



The number of certificates issued for 253,333 packages bearing the 

 microscopic inspection stamp was 12,107; these packages had a weight 

 of 55,809,626 pounds. 



The year witnessed a great falling off in the trade in microscopically 

 inspected pork products. The cost of this inspection was $154,950.22; 

 average per carcass, 15.5 cents; per pound exported, 0.277 cent. For 

 1899 the cost was $198,355.14. 



