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BULLETIN 1443, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 30. — Replies by cities to the question: Where have you seen fresh meat 
advertised by local stores? 
[Middle class and well-to-do class American white replies combined] 
Total 
number 
of 
replies 
Percentage replying— 
City 
Posters 
in 
shops 
News- 
papers 
Handbills 
and 
circulars 
Street- 
car 
posters 
Birmingham 
90 
80 
44 
85 
66 
73 
52 
60 
46 
29 
84.4 
38.8 
97.8 
94.1 
95.5 
54.8 
86.6 
73.3 
65.2 
34.5 
15.6 
31.2 
2.2 
5.9 
4.5 
24.6 
9.6 
25.0 
26.1 
31.0 
30.0 
19.2 
1.4 
3.8 
1.7 
8.7 
27.6 
6.9 
All cities 
625 
73.9 
17.1 
8.0 
1.0 
Table 31. 
■Replies to the question: What do you remember about meat advertising 
by local stores? 
Total 
number 
of re- 
plies 
Percentage replying 
Group 
Reason- 
able 
prices 
Specials 
List of 
prices 
Quality 
Attrac- 
tive dis- 
play 
Cheap 
cuts 
and 
prices 
Charts 
of cuts 
Govern- 
ment 
inspect- 
ed 
American white: 1 
171 
218 
242 
205 
49.1 
48.2 
43.4 
49.7 
24.0 
22.0 
25.2 
29.7 
15.2 
19.3 
18.2 
10.7 
5.8 
5.6 
3.3 
4.4 
1.2 
2.7 
3.7 
1.5 
2.3 
.9 
2.5 
2.0 
1.8 
.9 
3.3 
1.5 
6 
ivLiddle class 
.4 
Well-to-do class 
.4 
Wealthy class 
.5 
Total American white- 
836 
■47.4 
25.2 
16.0 
4.7 
2.4 
1.9 
1.9 
.5 
Colored: 2 
Poor class 
40 
54 
21 
14 
20 
21 
11 
56 
55.0 
51.9 
61.9 
71.4 
65.0 
52.4 
72.7 
48.2 
20.0 
22.2 
23.9 
15.T 
14.3 
""33.T 
22.5 
18.5 
""III" 
5.0 
3.3 
9.1 
8.9 
2.5 
Middle class 
3.7 
9.5 
7.1 
5.0 
3.7 
Foreigh: 
Finnish 
4.7 
French 
7.2 
German 8 
10.0 
5.0 
Italian * 
18.2 
7.2 
1.8 
1 Replies from 10 cities, Birmingham, Denver, Fargo, Grand Forks, Lincoln, Minneapolis, New Orleans, 
Oklahoma City, San Francisco, and Washington. 
* Replies from Birmingham, New Orleans, and Washington. 
8 Replies from Minneapolis and San Francisco. 
4 Replies from Denver and San Francisco. 
