8 DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE BULS. 1301-1325 



Paga 

 Department Bulletin No. 1317. — Retail Marketing op Meats. — 

 Agencies of Distribution, Methods op Merchandising, and 

 Operating Expenses and Profits — Continued. 



Agencies of distribution and methods of merchandising — Continued. 



Retail meat trade in rural communities 37 



Sources of supplies of meats 38 



Retail stores 39 



Meat-wagon routes 41 



Meat peddlers 42 



Meat clubs 43 



Operating expenses and profits 43 



Collection of data from the trade 43 



Classification of accounts 46 



Method of weighing results 50 



Analysis of operating expenses 1 53 



Salaries and wages 53 



Advertising 56 



Wrappings 57 



Refrigeration 58 



Heat, light, and power 58 



Rent 58 



Interest and depreciation 59 



Telephone, repairs, insurance, taxes 59 



Losses from bad debts 59 



Other expenses 59 



Delivery expenses 60 



Analysis by groups of items 60 



Operating expenses, gross margin, and net profit 61 



Expenses and profits of all stores combined 61 



Expenses and profits by class of service 62 



Expenses and profits by size of stores 63 



Expenses and profits by sections of the country 63 



Gross margin in New York City 64 



Expenses and profits of chain stores 65 



Comparative expenses and profits in selling meats and groceries. 67 



Wages and sales per salesman 71 



Conditions under which high or low net profits prevail 73 



General results shown as median and as interquartile range 76 



Investment and stock turn 77 



Typical operating statements 83 



Department Bulletin No. 1318. — Steer Feeding in the Sugar-Cane 

 Belt: 



Location of the experiments 1 



Characteristics of the district 2 



Object of the experiments 3 



Cattle used in experiments 3 



Method of feeding 4 



Feeds used 4 



Shelter and lots 8 



Weight records 8 



Quantities of feed consumed 8 



Weights and gains 10 



Financial results 11 



Conclusions 13 



Department Bulletin No. 1319. — Ginning Pima Cotton in Arizona: 



Diverse methods used in ginning Pima cotton 1 



Normal equipment and operation _ ■ 5 



Picking and storing seed cotton 5 



Use of picker-roll cleaners 5 



Distributing the seed cotton to the gin stand 6 



Feeding the seed cotton to the roller 6 



. Construction and care of the gin rollers 6 



Setting the fixed knife 7 



How the knives function in ginning 8 



Adjustment of the moving knife 8 



Adj ustment of the seed grid and pusher board 9 



