FARM ANIMALS 



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Meats and poultry 16% 



Dairy products 18% 



Cereals and their products 31% 



Vegetables and fruits 25% 



All other foods 10% 



It is therefore seen that we derive more than one-third 

 of all our food in this country from animals, either by con- 



Making hogs of themselves. 



suming their flesh or other products from them, such as 

 milk, butter, cheese, etc. 



Animals used for meat. The animals whose flesh is 

 chiefly used for food are cattle, hogs, poultry and sheep. So 

 great has the industry of preparing their flesh for food be- 

 come, that every city has its great stock-yards and slaugh- 

 ter-houses, where hundreds of thousands of animals are 

 killed every year. Cold storage vaults are provided in which 



