Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-10
SIGNIFICANT MEETING
OF STOCK BREEDERS
N, C. q St. |. the Host Upon
the Occasion.

The meeting at jackson last week of
the officers of the County Live Stock
Associations along the lines of the
Nashville, Chattanooga e. st. Louis
Railway west of Nashville. and 9th
ers interested in the improvement of
stock breeding on the Southern farm,
convened at the instance of the Indus
trial Branch of the N, c. & st. L. 8
Traffic Department, was a significant
gathering. It was attended by men
representing the general farming
class to whom the great army of beef
consumers of America must look for
future supply; by actual breeders of
thoroughbred stock wIo must furnish
the farmer bIooded breeding animals
for grading mp the common herds of
the country, and by bankers and bus
mess men who are directly and indi-
rectly interested in the success of the
movement looking to a wider range of
meat production on the farm,
The most significant and interesting
features Of the conference were an ad
dress by M. A. Traylor, Vice Presi-
dent Of the National Stock Yards
National Bank, Chicago, and an ad-
dress by E. F. Bisbee,, Vice President
of the st. Louis National Stock
Yards, Chicago. During the course
of these addresses it was shown that,
considering the alarming shortage of
live stock in the United States, espec-
tally with respect to cattle, with the
correspondingly high prices OF beef
aud other meat products, together with
the steady decrease In acreage yield OF
all grain cIops, If the American farm
or is in the future to supply the food
for the tables of american citizens
something must be done to establish
system of live stock farming which
will insure an increased food product
ion commensurate with our rapidly in
creasing population. Emphasis was
placed upon statement recently issu-
ed by the Department of Agriculture
at Washington showing that in Janu-
airy, 1918, there were 16, 0000.0 90 fewer
beef cattle on American farms than on
January I, 1907. although in the same
period the population Of this country
had increased 10, 600, O00 1t was also
shown that while 494, 900 head Of cat
tie were exported from the United
States in 1905, only SO, 600 cattle we're
in 1919, decrease in exports
during the past six years of SO per
cent.
Gas impressive as is the the show
ing with reference to our exports OF
live CATTLE said Mr.. Traylor in bis |
address. "are the figures covering i'm
ports Of fresh beef by the United
States According to statistics com
piled by the Department of Commerce |
and Labor our exports of fresh beef |
FOR the same years were as follows:
1906. 800, ia, 900 lbs, valued at $24,-
75f, ZOO; 1919. 9,025, 600 lbs, valued
st 81, 053, 900, showing decrease in
the number of pounds exported of
$50, 500, GOO lbs, or 81 per cent, and
disclosing loss in our trade balance
IN this one item alone of $23. sos, 900
Or SO per cent On his point our ex-
ports to the United Kingdom, with
whom we have oul most extensive
;rade relations, are worthy Of note,
being as they were 6S4, 900 lbs. of
'resh beef as against 739. 600, 600 lbs.
contributed to the supply of that
COUNTRY by Argentina, indeed sorry
howing for great country which
,nly few years ago boosted of Lee
lbility to feed the mother land: a
Figures from the samea
how corr espQBaiaG shE