RETAIL MARKETING OF MEATS 
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Table 23. — Comparative and average volume of sales of stores by types and 
classes 
[Rural districts of 8 completely canvassed counties, 1920] 
Combination meat and 
grocery* stores 
Straig 
ht meat markets 
Total by 
Annual meat sales 
Cash- 
and- 
carry 
Service 
Total 
Cash- 
and- 
cary 
Service 
Total 
volume 
of sales 
© 
.a 

3 
e 
o 
o 
1 
2 
3 
Ph 
Number 
Per cent 
Number 
Per cent 
= 
3 
I 
z 
z 
a 
Not over $1,000. 
3 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
25.00 
8.33 
16.67 
8.33 
S-33 
16.67 
8.33 
8.33 
25 28.09 
7 7.87 
7 7.87 
5 5.62 
4 4.49 
2S 27.72 
! 
28! 20.44 
51,001 to 82,000- 
8 
9 
6 
5 
20 
10 
4 
2 
7.92 
8.91 
5.94 
4.95 
19.80 
9.90 
3.96 
1.9S 
8 
9 
7 
6 
33 
18 
7 
4 
9 
5.84 
$2,001 to $3,000 
6.57 
$3,001 to $4.000 
1 
1 
11 
2 
2 
3 
3.23 
3.23 
35.48 
22.58 
6.45 
6.45 
9.68 
1 2.78 
1 2.78 
13; 36. 11 
8 22.22 
3 8.33 
2 5. .58 
5. 11 
$4,001 to $5,000 
4.38 
$5,001 to $10.000 
18 
9 
3 
2 
5 
20.22 
10.11 
3.37 
2.25 
5.62 
2 ! 40.00 
I 20.00 
II 20.00 
24.09 
$10,001 to $15,000 
13.14 
$15,001 to $20.000 
5. 11 
$20,001 to $25,000 
2.92 
$25,001 to $30,000 
5 4.95 
1 20.00 
4 
11.11 
6.57 
$30,001 to $35,000 
. - . 
$35,001 to $40.000 
I 1.12 
1 
11 .99 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
.73 
$40,001 to $45.000 

1 
1 
3.23 
3.23 
1 
1 
2. 7S 
2.78 
.73 
$45,001 to $-50,000 
.73 
$50,001 to $55.000 
1 
1 
1.12 
1.12 
I .99 
1 .99 
.73 
$55,001 to $60.000 
$60,001 to $65,000 
1 
3.23 
1 
2.78 
1.46 
$65,001 to $70,000 . 
' 1 1 
:::::::::: 
$70,001 to $75.000 
. ! 1 L__J 
ll 3.23 
i 
2.78 
1 
1 
.73 
$75,001 to $100,000 
1 1.12 
1 .99 
. 73 
Totals by type of 
store aDd class of 
service *„ 
12 
99.99 
89 
99.99 
101 1 99.99 
5 1G0. 00 
5|100. 02 
36 100. 01 
137 
100.01 
Percentage of grand 
total 
8.76 
64.96 
73.72 
3.65 
22.63 
26.28 
100.00 
Average annual sales 
per store . 
$3-950 
$8,979 
$7,764 
$13.. 500 
$17,900 
$17.26S 
$10,138 
1 The percentage totals would be 100.00 in each instance, except for fractional differences. 
Eetailers of fresh meats in the smaller towns and villages operate 
under hardships and are subject to hazards not general in urban 
trade. For instance: (1) Many of the village people kill their own 
meat during the winter or buy dressed meat from farmers, thus 
decreasing sales of local retailers when operating expenses are at the 
minimum; (2) farmers buy only a small percentage of their meat 
from retail butcher shops, except during the harvest and threshing 
season, which results in a relatively heavy trade at a time when 
expenses of operation are at the maximum: (3) the high cost and 
difficulty of securing ice constitute a serious handicap: (4) there is 
no suitable opportunity to realize 'upon the shop waste and trim- 
mings: (5) local rural retailers are subject to occasional glutting of 
the market with fresh meats by farmers and other peddlers. 
MEAT-WAGON ROUTES 
In some sections, particularly in the Northeastern States, rural 
communities are served by meat-wagon routes operated by retailers 
in connection with their stores. Many of the routes are operated 
only from April to November over a fixed route and on certain days. 
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