Number of establishments, 929 921 .8 Capital, $237,699,440 $189,198,264 25.6 Salaried officials, clerks, etc.: Number, 12,075 10,227 18.0 Salaries, $13,377,908 $10,123,247 32.1 Wage-earners: Average number, 74,132 68,534 8.2 Wages, $40,447,574 $33,457,013 20.9 Miscellaneous expenses, 30,623,108 24,060,412 27.3 Materials used: Total cost, $805,856,969 $683,583,577 17.9 Animals slaughtered: Beeves, $289,040,930 $247,365,812 16.8 Sheep, 44,359,804 37,137,542 19.4 Hogs, 329,763,430 278,736,961 18.3 Calves, 12,666,942 7,356,560 72.2 All other, 61,905 559,839 All other materials, 129,963,958 112,426,863 15.4 Products: Total value, $913,914,624 $785,562,433 16.3 Beef-- Sold fresh, $247,135,029 $211,068,934 17.1 Canned, 7,697,815 9,167,531 17.1[14] Salted or cured, 8,107,952 9,661,834 16.1[14] Mutton-- Sold fresh, $36,880,455 $32,963,219 11.9 Veal-- Sold fresh, $12,856,369 $7,812,714 64.6 Pork-- Sold fresh, $91,779,323 $84,019,387 9.2 Salted, 116,626,710 88,674,016 31.5 Hams, smoked bacon, etc., 132,210,611 148,666,859 11.1[14] Sausage, fresh or cured, 25,056,331 21,472,413 16.7 All other meat sold fresh, 9,579,718 7,813,078 22.6 Refined lard, 74,116,991 52,620,348 40.8 Neutral lard, 8,423,973 8,588,350 1.1[14] Oleomargarine oil, 10,201,911 11,482,542 11.2[14] Other oils, 2,595,951 3,440,358 24.5[14] Fertilizers, 4,397,626 3,300,132 33.3 Hides, 44,137,802 33,925,911 30.1 Wool, 5,229,521 3,335,824 56.8 All other products, 76,880,536 47,548,983 61.7 [14] Decrease. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. It is evident, from the foregoing description of the methods of preparing and sterilizing meat, that it is a process which commends itself both on account of the economy in the use of meat which it secures and because of the nutritive value of the products obtained.