Omaha daily bee., 1882-12-22

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Supply OF Meat in the Future.
The price OF fresh snd sailed m-ats
is now very high in nearly all civilized
countries, and fears are entertained by
many that the price offresh meats will
advance to = ich q point that 1t can no
longer be generally used by the poor.
A somewhat sensational report was
published y few weeks ago in one of
the Now York papers to the effect that
the maximum production of meat had
been reached ia several countries in
Europe, and that the limit OF meat
production had almost been reached
in this country. The author affirmed
that several OF the states did not now
produce meat enough to supply their
own people, and that soon other states
would be compelled to obtain meat
from q distance. 1t Was represented
that farmers generally throughout the
country kept all the meat.produclng
animals their lands could carry, and
that the great plains Of the west aud
south were becoming covered with
hocks and herds. In the opinion OF
the writer the population OF the coun
try would soon be doubled, while the
number Of cattle, sheep and pigs would
not be largely increased. The predio.
tien was made that We should o be
obliged to stop the exploration Of
meat, and that we should find it ex-
tremely difficult to produce enough for
the supply of our own people. In
other words, q meat famine was pre-
dicted for tho country that had al.
ways had meat In abundance. The
famine predicted is Of q remarkable
kind. 1t IL not to be the result of a
failure of forage and grain crops or of
sickness among flocks and herds. 1t
is to take place in consequences OF the
inability to produce meat enough to
supply q fssi increasing population
even under favorable ci'c amstances Of
ueasors and health. 1t is TO endure
not for q limited period, but for oil
time.
1t is evident that the author of the
article referred to has not considered
the subject az carefully as he should,
and has not obtained all the informa.
ton he might have procured. 1t is
not true that oil the mest.pro5ucing
animals are now kept on farms in the
states longest settled that might be
supported. Up to the present time
animals In this country have been KEEP:
almost entirely on grass and corn. II
requiren a large amount of land to
raise enough of these to support o
given number of animals. In q near
future more attention will be given to
the production of root crops, of which
. larger amount OF food can be pro.
duced from the same amount of land.
More cotton-seed and 1ax.seed meal
will be employed In feeding stock. By
the judicious use Of ensilsge it is like.
ly that the cattle population of the en-
tire states can and will be doubled.
Neither ia 1t true that the great plains
are now covered with flocks and herds.
1t Is likely that the number of cattle
and sheep on them will increase four.
fold within q short time. They will
receive much better care and attention
than they now do, and will have in ad.
dition some shelter from tho storms
and some harvested food. The ami.
mails will not be scrubs or natives
They will be full. bloods or at least
high grades. They will eat no more
food than inferior animals, but will
produce much more meat, and it will
be of a better qgality. Much Ia being
done to hasten The maturity of all
classes of meat producing animals.
Three-year.old beeves weigh as much
MS 5 year.old beeves did O few years
ago. They but about half aa
much food and produce a better quail
ty of meat. improvements in live
stock are now going on more rapidly
than ever. A more judiclous system
of feeding is also being practiced.
The old settled countries have but
just began to make use of the fresh
meat produced in thoae that are but
partially settled. More has been
accomplished during the last five
years In the employment OF other an.
tiseptics than salt for preserving meat,
in the use of a cold temperature and
the u for preventing decomposi.
ton, and In devising can for rapid
transportation than during all the
years previous to them. Inventive
skill and scientific research are accom-.
plishing wonders in all these matters.
The art of preserving fresh meat for
transportation Is only IN its infancy.
The like is true of the method
shipping it. The idea of gending live
beeves, sheep, and swine from this
country to Europe was ridiculed only
a few years ago. At a much later
period the scheme of shipping fresh
meat was treated In the same way.
But both have been successfully
accomplished. The inland Transports
ton of fresh meat in large quantities
and over long distances was regarded
as commercial oven a few months
ago. The business has now assumed
immenze proportions and Is rapidly In
creasipg. At present most of the
dressed meat shipped Ia sent from one
large city to another, as from Chicago
to New York. In the course of a few
years dressed meat msy BIO sent from
every point where live stock is now
shipped and consigned to every vii
lsge in the country where fresh meat
is procured from a distance. The eI-
periments in shipping fresh meat frou
Australia to England and from South
America to France have been success
full. When we consider the vast
numbers of cattle and nheep in coun'
tries south OF the equator, the ease
with which they can be multiplied,
and the low cos of keeping them, We
are forcsd to tho conclusion that fresh
meat will be comparatively plenty and
cheap as soc as means for preserving
and transporting it are perfected. The
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