BUREAU OF ANIMAL, INDUSTRY. 



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record being 10,910.7 pounds of milk and 461.36 pounds of butter- 

 fat. Only 8 of the records were made by mature cows, and 14 

 of them were made by cows under 3 years of age. Records of feed 

 consumption of the tested cows were also kept. A comparison of 

 records of cows made on rations in which a grain mixture is received 

 one year in addition to roughage, and is followed by a lactation in 

 which roughage only is received, is in progress at the field station 

 at Huntley, Mont. Four of the records mentioned above were made 

 on roughage alone. 



A study of the effect of age and development on the production 

 of Jersey and Guernsey cows has been completed, also a genealogical 

 study of Holstein-Friesian sires and a study of the transmitting 

 ability of 23 Holstein-Friesian sires. A tabulation that will show 

 the transmitting ability of Guernsey Advanced-Register sires is in 

 progress. 



MEAT INSPECTION DIVISION. 



The Federal meat inspection, conducted by the Meat Inspection 

 Division, under Dr. R. P. Steddom, chief, shows an increase over 

 the preceding year in the total number of animals slaughtered, in 

 the quantity of meats processed, and in the quantity of meat and 

 products certified for export. 



INSPECTION OF DOMESTIC MEATS. 



Inspection was conducted at 899 establishments in 263 cities and 

 towns, as compared with 892 establishments in 265 cities and towns 

 during the fiscal year 1921. Inspection was begun at 68 establish- 

 ments and withdrawn from 46, as compared with 62 and 61, re- 

 spectively, during the preceding year. Inspection was withdrawn 

 from 45 establishments on account of discontinuance of interstate 

 business and from 1 on account of violation of the meat-inspection 

 regulations. 



ANTE-MORTEM AND POST-MORTEM INSPECTIONS. 



The ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections are given in the 

 following tables : 



Ante-mortem inspection of animals. 



1 This term is used to designate animals found or suspected of being; unfit for food on ante-mortem inspec - 

 tion, most of which are afterwards slaughtered under special supervision, the final disposal being determined 

 on post-mortem examination. 



' For additional condemnations see succeeding tables. 



