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which the figures were gathered, and the different systems used 

 in obtaining the figures. However, light is obtained on the same 

 subject from the reports of meat animals slaughtered under fed- 

 eral inspection at packing plants throughout the country. The 

 following table shows the number of establishments and the total 

 number of animals inspected at slaughter under federal inspection 

 annually from the beginning of inspection in the fiscal year 1907, 

 up to and including the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916: 



NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND TOTAL NUMBER 



OF ANIMALS INSPECTED AT SLAUGHTER UNDER 



FEDERAL INSPECTION ANNUALLY, 1907-1916. 



Fiscal Year Establishments Cattle Calves 



1907 708 7,621,717. 1,763,574 



1908 787 7,116,275 1,995,487 



1909 876 7,325,337 2,046,711 



1910 919 7,962,189 2,295,099 



1911 936 7,781,030 2,219,908 



1912 940 7,532,005 2,242,929 



1913 . 910 7,155,816 2,098,484 



1914 893 6,724,117 1,814,904 



1915 896 6,964,402 1,735.902 



1916 875 7,404,288 2,048,022 



Swine Sheep Goats All Animals 



31,815,900 9,681,876 52,149 50,935,216 



35,113,077 9,702,545 45,953 53,973,337 



35,427,931 10,802,903 69,193 55,672,075 



27,656,021 11,149,937 115,811 49,179,057 



29,916,363 13,005,502 54,145 52,976,948 



34,966,378 14,208,724 63,983 59,014,019 



32,287,538 14,724,465 56,556 56,322,859 



33,289,705 14,958,834 121,827 56,909,387 



36,247,958 12,909,089 165,533 58,022,884 



40,482,799 11,985,926 180,355 62,101,391 



There were 7,621,717 cattle slaughtered for inspection in the 

 year 1907 ; in the year 1910 this number had increased to 7,962,189^ 

 from which point there has been a tendency to decrease, until 

 the year 1915. The number slaughtered in the year 1916 was 

 7,404,288, which is 200,000 less than in the year 1907. The 

 slaughter of calves is not significant. The slaughter of swine, 



