New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-02-22
ANIMALS KILLED FOR FOOD.
Census Bureau Statement Gives
Number Consumed In 1909 by
slau9hterhouses and Meat.
Packing Establishments.

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Washington, d. c.. February 81,
1911. Reports to the Census Bureau
from the slauRhtering and meat.psck-
ing establishments and slaughter
houses Of the United States show that
during 1909 there were 6s,403, 900
animals slaughtered for food in those
esta blishments. This total does not
represent the entire domestic meat
supply OF the country, as . large
number are slaughtered on farms
or elsewhere than in slaughterhouses.
In addition there were All 800 animals
reported as having been KILLED or as
dying . natural death and consumed
in the manufacture OF fertilizers or
other products, and many more die on
the farms and ranges.
This information appears in Q pre-
]iminary report which was transmitted
to-day to Census Director Dursud by
Chief Statistician William M. Steuart.
The data were collected in compliance
with the act of Congress of February
rs, 1910.
SOURCES OF THE REPORTS.
Reports were received from rs, 4A
slsughterhouses, which include tho
large wholesale slaughter and meat.
packing establishments, as we'll a.
the abattoirs, rendering or incinerat-
ing establishments, and fertilizer fac
tories where dead animals are con-
sumed.
The primary object of the census in
quiry was to ascertain the number OF
hides and skins available for the
msnufacture Of leather, but the large
number of animals that we're slaugh.
tered on the farms and ranges during
the year has not yet been ascertained
and will not be known until the
statistics OF agriculture sre completed.
The rs, IA establishments reported
68, 8l4, 800 animsls of oil kinds, and Of
this number sc, $4,000 we're hogs. A
large number Of the hogs slaughtered
sre only partiaily skinned, one or
more strips of hide being removed
from tho back and used for leather.
The entire skin il taken from onlyaa
few and it was impossible to ascertain
the number OF these, the report states:
TOTAL NUMBER OF HIDES.
Exclusive OF the hogs, there we're
81, 38l 800 animals reported, as shown
By the following summary OF tho
statistics:
Slaughtered for food. 81, 5000
Dying natural death or killed and
hides taken of. Ill 300
Total number Of hides. 1891 300.
It is presumed by the Census Bur-
eau that from every animal Or CARCASS
reported by the %, 424 establishments
the hide or skin was removed and
used for the manufacture of leather,
the product being 80, 81 300 hides and
skins; but these do not represent the
domestic production, as large number
of hides and skins are obtained from
the farms and ranges.
There were II, 1897 900 beeves slaugh-
tered in slaughterhouses during 1909,
and hides were taken of by slaughter
houses from $4,000 other cattle that
were killed or that died natural
death, thus giving l2,49l 900 hides
for leather.
Calves, sheep, and goats are COM
monty sold with the skins on by the
large slsughterhouses, but the skins
are ultimately removed. There were
10, 7l2, 900 skins obtained from these
ANIMALS. The number Of kid skins
was reported as 25,300, and horse
and colt skins as $4,000. There were
also 5000 hides and skins reported
as obtained from all other animals,
which consist largely Of dogs, report
ed by some OF the rendering establish
ments operated in connected with city
governments. e..
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DON'T STAY Equal.