A SURVEY of the retail marketing of meat was provided 
for by Congress in the act making appropriations for 
the United States Department of Agriculture for the fiscal 
year 1924-25. Further appropriation for this work was 
provided for the year 1925-26. The survey was divided 
into three parts: (1) Methods and practices; (2) margins, 
expenses, and profits; and (3) consumer habits and prefer- 
ences in the purchase and consumption of meat. A study 
of these factors and of their influence upon the market for 
meat constituted the general plan as a whole. The first 
part of the study is reported in Department Bulletin No. 
1441, and the second part in Department Bulletin No. 1442. 
The third part, relating to consumer habits and preferences 
in the purchase and consumption of meat, is covered in this 
bulletin. 
