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increase iu all classes of animals inspected witlitlie exception of hogs, 

 of Avhicli the number is noticeablj^ diminished. 



Ante-mortem inspections for the fiscal year 1900. 



Tlie following table, showing the total number of animals inspected 

 before slaughter for abattoirs liaving inspection, for the iiscal years 

 1891 to 1900, is given for the purpose of comparison: 



Number of animals inspected before slaughter for abattoirs having inspection^ 



fiscal years 1891 to 1900. 



Fiscal year. 



1891 

 1893 

 1893 

 1894 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 



Cattle. 



83,891 

 3,167,009 

 3,922,174 

 3,862,111 

 3,752,111 

 4,050,011 

 4,289,058 

 4,552,919 

 4, 654, 842 

 5,037,998 



Calves. 



59, 089 

 92. 947 

 96,331 

 109, 941 

 213, .575 

 3.59, 930 

 341.092 

 345, a59 

 308,542 



Sheep. 



583,361 

 870, .512 

 1,030,764 

 1,344,031 

 4. 710, 190 

 5. 179, 64:3 

 5,706.093 

 5, 718. 464 

 6, 170, 173 



Hogs. 



7,964,850 

 13,576,917 

 14,301,963 

 16,813,181 

 30, 713. 863 

 33, 783, 576 

 23,328,102 



Horses. 



3,332 

 5,560 



Total. 



83, 

 3, 809, 

 4,885, 

 13, 944, 

 18, 78:3, 

 23,375, 

 36,541, 

 31,313. 

 34,405. 

 34,840, 



891 

 4.59 

 6133 

 0.56 



txw 



739 

 813 

 966 

 973 

 374 



The numbers and classes of animals inspected at time of slaughter 

 and the numlier of these or parts thereof condemned will be found 

 in the following table: 



Post-murterii inspection for fiscal year 1000. 



Kind of animal. 



Cattle 



Sheep 



Calves 



Hogs 



Horses 



Total 



Number of inspections. 



For official 

 abattoirs. 



4,841,166 



6,119,886 



315, 693 



33,336,884 



5,559 



34, 619, 188 



On animals 



rejected in 



stock 



yards. 



20,828 



5,209 



276 



92,112 



118,425 



Total. 



4,861,994 



6,125,095 



315, 969 



23,438,996 



5, .559 



34, 737, 613 



Carcasses condemned. 



For offi- 

 cial abat- 

 toirs. 



Animals 



rejected 



in stock 



yards. 



6,209 

 4,234 



182 



38,598 



112 



4,029 



1,240 



54 



7,248 



49,335 13,571 



Total. 



I Parts of 

 carcasses 



con- 

 demned 

 at abat- 

 toirs. 



10,338 

 5,474 



236 

 45,846 



113 



61,906 



8,973 



309 



33 



21,033 



30.346 



The above table shows the condemnations made upon ordinaiy 

 inspection; the additional number resulting from the microscopic 

 inspection of hogs for trichinae will be referred to under another 

 heading. 



Besides the carcasses condemned at slaughter or for trichinosis, a 

 large number, as usual, were tanked because of death resulting from 



