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finished animals in the larger centers of population 

 for slaughter. The value of animal products exclu- 

 sive of the dairy is out of all proportion to the num- 

 ber of meat animals in the State. Undoubtedly, the 

 figures represent the marketing of farm products in 

 this convenient form because of the advantages of 

 shipment. In Xew York the bulk of the slaughter- 

 ing and meat-packing industry is in Buffalo and New 

 York City which had in 1909 an aggregate value of 

 $121,290,000, which is 95 per cent of the total. 

 Over 80 per cent of the persons engaged in the indus- 

 try were in those two cities. Curiously enough nearly 

 four-fifths of this industry in the two cities is re- 

 ported from New York City. In both cities this 

 production represents a material increase in the last 

 ten-year period in spite of the general decrease in 

 meat cattle in the State. The three minor cities of 

 Eochester, Utica and Albany together had an aggre- 

 gate value of only $591,000. 



The distribution of the values of the main products 

 of the slaughtering industry is as follows : 



Table XIV. — Values of Meats 



Fresh beef $41,428,480 



Fresh veal 4,310,483 



Fresh mutton 9,539,554 



Fresh pork 12,665,175 



Salted pork 2,086,225 



Hams 7,053,027 



Shoulders and sides 8,064,812 



Lard 5,814,101 



Hides 7,105,591 



Sheep pelts 1,389,471 



$100,062,919 



