The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-02-07

Iowa from cholera. Large herds have
also died in Minnesota
Some of the large cities in Ger
many are using the flesh of dogs
as food for man, and if the condi-
/ tons in" the cattle industry in the
| United States continues to become
worse it Will not be surprising
thing if dogs are used for Inc same
purpose here.Ea5 ~. use gh
\ fAbout a week ago the president
/ of the National Live Stock Exchange
tsent letters TO the governors of all
states where legislatures are now in
session, urging the conservation of
CATTLE Legislation is asked forbid
ing the killing of heifer calves or
COWS under three years, except those
unit for breeding purposes. A SINH
lar law has been passed in South
American states putting the age linn
ii at four years" a.E
'oI Meat Exports Fall Off.
Sioux City Live Stock Record:
Washington, January 23.-The rapid
disappearance of meats and bread
stuifs from the exports of the United
States is sharply illustrated by the
figures of the calendar year 1912,
just completed by the statistical divi-
sion of the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce. They show, for
example, an expectation of but $4,000
cattle in the calendar year 1912,
against 164 900 in 1911, 277,O9 in
1908, $4,000 in 1906, and 1000 in
1904. .er -.. ..a fg
The value of the cattle exports of
1912 was but $3,000,000, speaking in
round terms, against S14,000,000 in
1911, S24,OO0,000 in 1908, $3S,000,000
in 1906, and $41,000,000 in 1904, the
1912 exports being thus about 8 per
cent OF the value of those exported
in 1904, eight years earlier. The di-
intuition in the cattle supply of the
United States is also apparent in the
fact that the importations of cattle
in the year just ended amounted TO
over 100000 in number and their
value to over S5,000,000 against but
10000 in 1904. valued at 100000.
The figures of the department of
agriculture showing the number of
cattle on farms on January l of
each year place the number on Janu-
airy l, 1912, at 58,000O00 against H.
100000 in 1907. -.
Expectation of Meat.
The expectations of meat also
show a marked falling off, especially
those of fresh beef, of which the ex-
ports of the year were but 100000
pounds, against 29,00o,o00 in 1911,
156000,000 in 1908. 270,0O0,000 in
1906, and 354,O00,000 in 1901, the
fresh beef exports of 1912 being less
than 8 per cent of those in 1901. In
other meats there is marked de-
cline, though less proportionately
than that in fresh beef. The total
value of meat and dairy products
exported in the year Appropriated
S145, 100000 against 1851, 100000 in
1908 and $209,000,O00 in 1906
Breadstuffs exported in 1912, while
showing a larger total than in 1911,
are far below those of earlier years,
the total for the calendar year 1912
approximating s165, 100000, against
$215.000,000 in 1907 and S27700O,000
IN 1901. IA
Further indications of the chang
ing character Of the export trade is
found in the fact that the eXporta-
ton of agricultural products as a
whole, while larger in the fiscal year
1912 than in any previous year eX-
cept 1907, form but AZ per cent of
the total exports, against 81 per cent
in 1907, &c per cent in 1899, rs per
cent in 1886, and 81 per cent in 1880