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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



The following table shows the total condemnations on ante-mortem 

 and post-mortem inspection combined: 



Suin)ii(iru of condemnations. 



Class of animalj. 



Animals or 

 carcasses. 



Parts 



Cattle., 

 Calve j. 

 Sheep.. 

 Goats.. 

 Swine. 



Total. 



78, 773 



10,168 



16, 758 



1,351 



164,682 



271, 732 



249,637 



2,927 



413 



42 



528, 288 



781,307 



In addition to the foregoing, the carcasses of 65,677 animals found 

 dead or in a dying condition were tanked, as follows: Cattle, 4,611; 

 calves, 2,976 ; sheep, 6,295 ; goats, 238 ; swine, 51,557 ; total, 65,677. 



The inspection and supervision of meats and products prepared 

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

 of supervisory work performed and not a statement of the aggregate 

 quantity of products prepared. The same product is sometimes du- 

 plicated by being reported in different stages of preparation under 

 more than one heading. 



Meat and meat food products prepared and processed under inspection. 



4 



The amount of meat and meat food products condemned on rein- 

 spection on account of having become sour, tainted, putrid, unclean, 

 rancid, or otherwise unwholesome, was as follows : Beef, 8,799,472 

 pounds; pork, 10,853,071 pounds; mutton, 124,840 pounds; veal, 

 79,164 pounds; goat meat, 723 pounds; total, 19,857,270 pounds. The 

 excess condemnation of nearly two million pounds during 1917 as 

 compared with 1916 is due to a fire at an establishment in one of the 

 w^estern cities. 



Market inspection was discontinued during the fiscal year at two 

 cities, leaving 42 cities at whose public markets this inspection is 

 maintained in order that interstate deliveries of meats and products 

 may be made therefrom. 



