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Since meat constitutes only a part of the trade of combination 
stores, it is not surprising that the average sales of meats in the 
combination stores are considerably smaller than in the straight 
meat markets, and that the percentage of combination stores with 
small sales is considerably larger than of straight meat markets. 
Of the combination stores, 48 per cent reported sales of meats of less 
than $15,000 and 75 per cent less than $25,000 per year. For a con- 
siderable number of stores of this type the annual sales of meat run 
as low as $800, meat in such instances particularly being carried as 
an accommodation to the grocery customers. Of straight meat mar- 
kets, only 19 per cent reported sales of less than $15,000, and 46 
per cent less than $25,000. Stalls in public markets show more 
tendency than any other type to uniformity in size, 65 per cent 
reporting annual sales between $20,000 and $45,000. (See Table 6.) 
Comparative daily sales. — The percentage of each day's sales to 
the total weekly sales was reported by 524 stores of the various 
types. A marked uniformity in the distribution of the sales over 
the week is evidenced, with the exception of Saturday's sales, which 
constitute approximately one-third of the total weekly sales or two 
and one-half times the average for each of the other days. Stalls 
in public markets reported 37 per cent of their business on Saturday 
as compared with 29 per cent for meat sections in department stores. 
With this exception there was little difference among the various 
types of stores. (See Table 7.) 
Table 7. — Relation of each day's sales to total weekly sales 
Class of service and type of 
store 
Number 
of stores 
Monday 
Tuesday 
Wednes- 
day 
Thursday 
Friday 
Saturday 
105 
419 
Per cent 
12.99 
13.11 
Per cent 
13.92 
13.72 
Per cent 
13.54 
13.27 
Per cent 
12.79 
13.75 
Per cent 
13.49 
13.56 
Per cent 
33.27 
32.59 
Combination stores... _ 
137 
333 
16 
33 
5 
13.02 
13.07 
13.50 
12.15 
15.52 
13.65 
13.90 
14.04 
12.50 
15.28 
12.96 
13.68 
13.87 
12.75 
11.33 
13.18 
13.99 
12.28 
12.48 
11.92 
14.02 
13.18 
13.96 
12.88 
16.99 
33.17 
32.18 
32.35 
Stalls in public markets 
Meat sections in department 
37.24 
28.96 
Total 
524 
13.08 
13.77 
13.34 
13.51 
13.54 
32.76 
RELATION OF NUMBER OF STORES TO POPULATION 
The total number of retail meat stores found in the 33 urban dis- 
tricts, including all types of stores handling fresh meats either ex- 
clusively or in combination with groceries, was 3,504, an average of 
one store for every 821 inhabitants. (See Table 8.) On this basis 
the number of stores selling fresh meats in the urban districts of the 
entire country was approximately 66,000. Allowing for small dealers 
not found, probably not exceeding 5 per cent of the total, the number 
of stores in urban districts selling fresh meats during the entire 
year or nearly the entire year may be estimated roughly at 70,000. 
The number of actual stores selling meats in the rural districts 
of eight counties was 137. Of these a considerable number were 
reported as selling only a very few sides of beef or carcasses of 
pork or limited quantities of beef cuts, and 32 were reported as 
selling during only a few months of the year. The remaining 
