20 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



fed to live stock or are wasted. Printed matter on the nutritional 

 value of cottage cheese and on the methods of making it was issued 

 in large editions and widely circulated, in cooperation with State ex- 

 tension organizations, and specialists were sent out to encourage its 

 production and consumption. 



THE FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION. 



The Federal meat-inspection service covered 884 establishments 

 in 253 cities and towns. There were slaughtered under inspection 

 10,938,287 cattle, 3,323,079 calves, 8,769,498 sheep, 149,503 goats, and 

 35,449,247 swine, a total of 58,629,612 animals. Compared with the 

 preceding fiscal year, these figures represent a decline of 5,000,000 in 

 the total number of animals, but an increase of nearly 1,750,000 cattle 

 and more than 600,000 calves. Condemnations amounted to 206,265 

 animals or carcasses and 528,481 parts of carcasses. The supervision 

 of meats and products prepared and processed covered 7,905,184,924 

 pounds, and resulted in the condemnation of 17,543,184 pounds. 

 There were certified for export 2,510,446,802 pounds of meat and 

 meat food products. 



GOOD FOOD FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. 



At the request of the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the 

 Navy, the Department participated in protecting our military and 

 naval forces against unwholesome foods. The Federal meat inspec- 

 tion, which for years has safeguarded the civil population of the 

 United States from bad meat in interstate commerce, was extended 

 to include the special supervision of the meat supply of the American 

 Army and Navy. The examination, selection, and handling of meats 

 and fats are in expert hands from the time the live animals are driven 

 to slaughter until the finished product is delivered in good condition 

 to the mess cooks. Inspectors were assigned to the various canton- 

 ments, training camps, forts, posts, and other places in the United 

 States where large numbers of troops are assembled and, at the close 

 of the fiscal year, there were 69 such experts with the Army and 30 

 with the Navy. 



MARKET NEW^S SERVICES. 



As soon as the appropriations under the food production act be- 

 came available steps were taken to expand much of the regular work 

 of the Bureau of Markets and to institute certain new lines. The 



