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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



In addition to the foregoing, the carcasses of 79,564 animals found 

 dead or in a dying condition were tanked, as follows : Cattle, 3,695 ; 

 calves, 4,346; sheep, 10,494; goats, 166; swine, 60,842; horses, 21. 



INSPECTION OF MEAT AND PRODUCTS. 



The inspection and supervision of meats and products prepared 

 and processed are shown in the following table, which is a record 

 only of supervision performed and not a statement of the aggregate 

 quantity of products prepared. The same product is sometimes 

 duplicated by being reported in different stages of preparation under 

 more than one heading. 



Meat and meat food products prepared and processed under inspection. 



The following quantities of meat and meat food products were 

 condemned on reinspection on account of having become sour, tainted, 

 putrid, unclean, rancid, or otherwise unwholesome: Beef, 7,747,358 

 pounds; pork, 10,185,442 pounds; mutton, 131,794 pounds; veal, 

 109,073 pounds ; goat meat, 4,857 pounds ; horse meat, 23,124 pounds ; 

 total, 18,201,648 pounds. 



ilAEKET INSPECTION. 



Market inspection, to facilitate interstate deliveries of meats and 

 products, was conducted in 45 cities. 



MEAT AND PRODUCTS CERTIFIED FOR EXPORT. 



The following products were certified for export: Beef and beef 

 products, 384,872,098 pounds; pork and pork products, 1,695,457,263 

 pounds; mutton and mutton products, 6,650,904 pounds; horse meat 

 and products, 153,762 pounds; total, 2,087,134,027 pounds. In addi- 

 tion 996 certificates were issued covering the export of 19,513,950 

 pounds of inedible animal products. 



EXEMPTION FROM INSPECTION. 



The provisions of the meat-inspection law requiring inspection usu- 

 ally do not apply to animals slaughtered by a farmer on the farm 

 nor to retail butchers and dealers supplying their customers. The 



