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obtain certificates of exemption. The number of exemption certifi- 

 cates outstanding at the close of the fiscal year was 1,471, a decrease 

 of 1,370 under the preceding year. This decrease resulted largely 

 from a special investigation conducted during the year. During the 

 year 1,724 certificates were canceled, 1,533 on account of the dealers 

 retiring from business or ceasing to make interstate shipments, 127 

 for violations of the regulations, and 64 on account of handling only 

 farm-dressed or " U. S. inspected and passed " products. 



During the year 36,132 shipments were made by retail dealers and 

 butchers holding certificates of exemption, as compared with 36,477 

 shipments during the fiscal year 1922. The shipments of the year 

 covered products as shown in the following table : 



Shipments by retail dealers and butchers under certificates of exemption from 



inspection. 



Product. 



Number. 



Beef, carcasses (1 ,544 quarters) 386 



Veal, carcasses ) 31 , 608 



Sheep, carcasses ' 1 , 174 



Swine, carcasses i 1 , 204 



Beef, fresh ' 



Veal, fresh 



Mutton, fresh | 



Pork, fresh 



Cured meats 



Lard 



Sausage 



Miscellaneous (scrapple, lard substitutes, headcheese, etc.) , 



Total ' 34,372 



Pounds. 



174,346 



2, 878, 568 



56,406 



111,770 



1,121,708 



219,587 



186,562 



254.469 



232,351 



20,782 



66, 594 



19, 295 



5,342 4.38 



During the year 67,579 interstate shipments were made of meat 

 and meat food products from animals slaughtered by farmers on the 

 farm, as compared with 69,815 shipments in the fiscal j^ear 1922. The 

 following table shows the products comprising these shipments : 



Shipments of farm^slaughtered products under exemption from inspection. 



