The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-29
LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY
MAKES GOOD SHOWING
Sh3eFmen Suffered From Decline in Wool, But
Still Had Fair Margin
General Increase All Along the Line Every Class of Stock and
All Selling at Reasonable Prices


she embraces within her limits a
real lusty sprinkling of humanity when
regarded from a meat consuming point
Of view All Americans. OF course, arc
accredited with largo appeutes for
juicy steaks and chops and we are
properly rated as one OF the greatest
OF meat eating nations The west.
ana Utah. with its aggressive open-air
population, has contributed a large
share to this reputation. and any con-
sideraticn Of the production of live
STOCK within the state would be in
complete without due recognition of
fne demands made upon our supply
iOl our own needs
a great many people know that es-
inmates accredit Utah with a popula-
lon IN excess Of 100000. Of this num-
Der surely quarter of a million have
begun 10 reckon upon a portion CT
meat of one kind or another as an
item Of their daily diet. These expec-
tauons, in times when the Industrial
conditions permit. induce the consump-
ton IN Utah for q twelve month of
nearly or quite 100.000,000 pounds of
mat. With this Offhand estimate for
basis. II Is possible to make a com
putation which viii disclose something
Of the extent to which we have eaten
into our herds and hOcks during the
past year.
We have never imported here any
considerable quantity of mutton. and
the sheep bought by our killers for
the consumption of the state is Sc
cured almost exclusively from the
hooks or our own growers, but we do
get a very considerable portion of our
supply of beer by shipment in the
carcass from beyond our state lines
and on the ho0f by drafts uB0u the
nerds Of neighDOrinE states. And the
same Is true, but to a much greater
extent. Of our supply Of pork and those
hog products which find abundant sale
among our people. Observation and
inquiry lead to the COnclusion that
dl.rlng 1901 the people Of this growing
commonwealth ate on am average
about ID per cent more meat than thev
mad been previously consuming. ana
tlidJ OF this consumption the proper
ton Of beef eaten was in the neighbor-
hood of 10000. coo pounds This weight
represents in carcasses $1,000 and indi-
Gates that a ike number Of cattle were
required TO take the beef edge of our
people appetites in twelve months of
ready-moLey times.
More Mutton Eaten.
W Ae-A I cat c5 l4utE mutton as We
10 OF other meats. and especially Of
3eef, but our aversion to getting wool
iu our teeth diminishes as the difficulty
IL getting II upon our backs increases. ]
ana we are gradually making away
with more mutton. A conserve i've eS-
innate Of comparative cattle and sheep
Killing in this state for food purposes
IS eight sheep TO one beef. According
~, during the year we have killed q
l9IF million D. 81 81.
-9.OOo,oO0 p5dnds of mutton consumed
Dy our own population during the year. /
Data tor anything like a dependable }
statement regarding home use of hog
products is more difficult to obtain. I
We are probably using in Utah up-
wards Of 10000 600 pounds Of hog man /
fractures annually. OF this quantity
the swine dSOve of the state, it is con- /
hdenty asserted does not contribute /
more than 20 per cent, or 100000 !.
pounds. in round numbers. p, 600 hogs. /
ana We are importing annually 26OOO- /
UOJ pounds Of our needs at q cost of /
more than S2,00000O to our people.
The balance of our meat ration is 1
made uD of fowls. fish and game. and
II runs into big figures in pounds dur
ing years time.
We appear to have eaten. therefore.
$1,000 cattle, 100000 sheep and 125. GOO
hogs, or the equivalent of their prod ]
uct in 190t
The contribution Of our own state
towards these supplies has been about
as follows:
Cattle, 80 per. cent.....,.... 50 500 head .
8 eep, IS per cent...........4 90 600 head
gs, 20 per cent.........-. %. 900 head
And these figures indicate the ex-
mt to which we have eaten into our
WI herds, focks and droves during
the year.
The cattle herds Of Utah have been
on the increase for the past three
years, contrary to the general suppo-
sition. TIE reduction of the big herds
IN numbers has been followed by a
continually increasing number Of
smalle- holders, who by care. the ex-
pendlrure OF money to Introduce new
blood and the application of other eff
fecuVe methods, have built up the
ratio Of increase. There were probably
$4,000 cattle in Utah last spring. and
that tally was run up during the wear
by the birth OF 15O,o 900 calves.
Cattle Statistics.
The railway companies have
shipped out Of the state about 20 per
cent less cattle than they handled in
1900 and that shrinkage fairly repre-
SCENTS the extent to which the sales of
Utah cattle were reduced last year. f.
The data secured from various sources !
the conviction that the
selling OF cattle outside the state
totaled 4, 900 head, which, added TO a
made for the light losses
sustained throughout the year. aggre-
eating $500 head. knocks a total of
l04,SOO head of the tally for all pur-
poses during 1901 A statement Of the Z
cattle business of Utah for the year. S
therefore. ought to present something 7
Of this sort Of an appearance:
On hand Jan. I, 19O7-
$4,000 cattle at S20.............S7.OO 600 600 !
SOLD 1900 outside at S19....... 79S 600 q
Ate $500 here ar s25............ 469 600 =
On hand Jan. J. 1902 =
365. 200 cattle at S1S.......-......s65 Q3 e0o y
Profits on the herd ............. S43 1G0 :
Herd Jan. J. 1901. numbered .... 800 GOO J.
during 1901 numbered. 10000
1olal .....'.'..''.'....... 470.0 600 F.,
DedUctions-
Home consumption -..........-... IS 500 !
Z ulslce sales --...-.-...-......-.. 5000 +
Oedu IosS -''''''..-..',....... $500 :
Cattle in state Jan. 1. 1902 an sorts.
l65. zoo head.
The year was an exceptionally IA ,
Torable one in its freedom from an a
NAL diseases, in the abundance of
-ange grass and water and IN the way 3
y a good calt crop. The cattle sold ,
or home consumption were more ma =
-ure than the ones shipped out. and y
therefore, brought a higher average
lrice. The value of the cattle on hand
s reduced because it IS difficult TO de-
ermine prices. Stock cattle are in less 3
Icmand than they have been at this
me of the year for several seasons.