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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



butchers and dealers, in order to ship meat and meat food products 

 in interstate commerce, shall first obtain certificates of exemption, 

 but no such requirement is made of farmers. The number of ex- 

 emption certificates outstanding at the close of the fiscal year was 

 2,395, an increase of 265 over the preceding year. During the year 

 156 certificates were canceled, 130 on account of the dealers retiring 

 from business or ceasing to make interstate shipments, and 26 for 

 violation of the regulations. In some cases the certificates were re- 

 issued when the business was resumed or when the insanitary condi- 

 tions had been corrected. 



During the fiscal year 79,629 shipments were made by retail dealers 

 and butchers holding certificates of exemption, as compared with 

 84,769 shipments in the fiscal year 1915. The shipments of the year 

 covered products as shown in the following table : 



Shipments by retail dealers and butchers under certificates of exemption from 



inspection. 



Product. 



Number. 



Pounds. 



Beef, carcasses (1,724 quarters). 



Calves, carcasses 



Sheep, carcasses 



Swine, carcasses 



Beef, fresh 



Veal, fresh 



Mutton, fresh 



Pork, fresh 



Cured meats 



Lard 



Sausage 



Miscellaneous (scrapple, tripe, head cheese, etc.). 



Total. 



431 



41,048 



2,155 



1,6S4 



45,318 



191,971 

 964,660 



93,910 

 173,751 

 625, 823 

 337,126 

 491,150 

 328,231 

 577, 139 



60,113 

 140,830 



48,931 



8,033,635 



During the fiscal year 89,579 interstate shipments were made of 

 meats and meat food products from animals slaughtered by farmers 

 on the farm, as compared with 78,026 shipments during the fiscal 

 year 1915. The following table shows the products covered by these 

 shipments : 



Shipments of farm-slaughtered products under exemption from inspection. 



Product. 



Beef, carcasses (4,104 quarters). 



Calves, carcasses 



Sheep, carcasses 



Swine, carcasses 



Beef, fresh 



Veal , fresh 



Mutton, fresh 



Pork, fresh 



Cured meats 



Lard. 



Number. 



1,026 



102, 847 



7,771 



23,730 



Sausage 



Miscellaneous (scrapple, tripe, head cheese, etc.). 



Total 135,374 



Pounds. 



11. 



2, 



403,058 

 734,637 

 2S4,285 

 547,870 



17,911 

 100,838 

 2,707 

 192,075 

 018, 283 

 231,117 

 134,898 



41,176 



16, 70S, 855 



