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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



DAIRY ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING. 



For the past few years the Dairy Division has prepared plans for 

 dairy buildings and distributed blueprints to a limited extent. This 

 has been continued during the past year, and it has also been found 

 desirable to take up some of the engineering and mechanical problems 

 connected with the dairy industry, such as the equipment of buildings, 

 refrigeration, sewerage systems, and apparatus of various kinds. 

 Some of this work is necessary to investigations carried on by the 

 Dairy Division, aside from its advantage to the industry. In connec- 

 tion with creameries and milk production there is need for much work 

 on ice houses and refrigerating machinery. Storing ice is a practice 

 that should be encouraged among dairy farmers. It is hoped that 

 the facilities for work of this kind may be enlarged. 



THE INSPECTION DIVISION. 



The work of the Inspection Division, under the direction of Dr. 

 R. P. Steddom, chief, consists of the meat inspection and the control 

 and eradication of contagious diseases of animals. 



THE MEAT INSPECTION. 



The meat inspection was conducted during the past fiscal year at 

 919 establishments, located in 237 cities and towns, as compared with 

 876 establishments in 240 cities and towns the previous year. Inspec- 

 tion was inaugurated at 105 establishments and was withdrawn from 

 91 establishments during the year, as compared with 180 establish- 

 ments and 77 establishments, respectively, during the previous year. 

 In 70 cases the cause of withdrawal was that the establishments dis- 

 continued slaughtering or interstate business, and in 14 cases with- 

 drawal was due to insanitary conditions or to failure or inability to 

 meet the Department's requirements as to sanitation or other matters. 



The following statement shows the number of establishments and 

 the number of cities and towns where the inspection of meat and 

 meat food products was conducted by the Bureau in each fiscal year, 

 beginning with 1891 : 



Number of establishments and number of cities and towns where meat inspection 

 has been conducted, fiscal years 1891 to 1910. 



Year. 



1891 

 1892 

 1893 

 1894 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 



Year. 



1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1900 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 



Establish- 

 ments. 



157 

 155 

 156 

 152 

 151 

 163 

 708 

 787 

 876 

 919 



Cities and 

 towns. 



52 



50 



50 



51 



52 



58 



186 



211 



240 



237 



