BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



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The following statement shows the number of establishments and 

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

 meat food products has been conducted by the Dureau 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 1911, inclusive. 



During the fiscal year market inspection was extended to 2 more 

 cities, making a total of 41 cities at whose public markets Federal 

 meat inspection is conducted in order that interstate deliveries may 

 be made without violating the meat-inspection law and regulations. 



ANTE-MORTEM INSPECTIONS. 



The number of animals of each species inspected before slaughter 

 is given in the following statement, which shows an increase in the 

 number of sheep and swine inspected and a decrease in the number 

 of cattle, calves, and goats inspected, making the total ante-mortem 

 inspections 7.5 per cent greater than for the previous year. 



Ante-mortem inspections of animals, fiscal year 1911. 



' This term is iLsed to desifrnate 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 disposition being deter- 

 mined on post-mortem inspection. 



POST-MORTEM INSPECTIONS. 



The inspections made at the time of slaughter are given in the 

 following statement, which shows an increase of 7.7 per cent over the 

 fiscal 3"ear 1910. As in tlic case of ante-mortem inspections, the in- 

 crease was in the number of sheep and swine, while the other species 

 show a decrease. Although over 2,000,000 more hogs were slaughtered 

 than in 1910, the number was 12.4 per cent less than the average for 

 the fiscal years 1907, 1908, and 1909. 



