Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-20
Meat Supply
Diminishing.

| Americans remain the
Meat Supply heaviest meat eaters
| n;::.l in the world? Can the
6' rise Of prices be
checked? These questions strike with
equal force upon the ears of the farmer,
| men of the packing industry and the
| housewife
Inc hrst note of warning to impress
'he puohc on the seriousness Of the sit
| uatioh winch the country faces in the
o"lhohns meat supply was when the
| last census brought out the information
that the production of. cattle. including
| oairy cows. during the last decade de-
creased per cent, while the population
was increasing more than 20 per cent
Experts or the United States bureau
| or animal industry say TODAY that the
situation has not been relieved. and that
| the times OF cheap meat in this country
are past. America is producing barely
enough beef for it's own consumption. and
the amount exported is less than two
POUNDS per capita. whereas in 1900 it was
more than five times this amount Amer
lean beef today is almost negligible
| FACTOR on the English market. While
| this country today is exporting less than
exported thirteen years ago. it is buying
from other countries practically as much
| as it did in 1900
The shortage" says George NJ Rom
| MEL chief of the animal husbandry di-
vision Of the United
| Beef, Sheep States bureau of animal
| - r industry. lis confined not
anu mugs only to beef-producine
cattle. but is practically as marked
| in the production of sheep and
swine. The receipts Of, cattle on
the six western markets from jan
uary l to March 1 of this year, according
| to statistics which have just been gath
cred by the government, show that there
| are 1900 less cattle received than for
the same period one year ago. The re-
| ceipts for sheep on the same markets
| were 236 600 less, and hogs received on
eleven markets were 959, 600 less than
year ago"
| Mr.. Rommel believes that the solution
| of the meat supply problem lies in the
| encouragement of cattle growing In many
| sections of the United States on larger
scale than it is practiced at present. par
| ticularly in the south, in all of the states
of the corn belt and on the irrigated
farms of the west Cattle growing
| throughout the south is being encour-
| aged by the governments work to Grad
| icate the Texas fever tick which has
made cattle growing very uncertain
| throughout most of the southern states.
| By dipping cattle in an arsenic solution
| and using other methods, one-fourth of
the tick-infested territory of the south
| has been made safe for livestock raising
| through the efforts of the government
| in cooperation with the states in tick
eradication campaign. The amount of
| territory freed from fever ticks in the
l1nc
! miles, an area larger than the states Of
| New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland.
Fortunately, the tick is not a travelling
pest, and territory once freed OF it will
| remain free as long as no tick-infested
cattle are imported.
Another method of increasing the beef
supply of the country will be to fight
the dangerous diseases
Destructive which every year cause
n: very heavy losses to live
ASe''So'' stock. A report Of losses for
the past year which has just been made
| by the Department of Agriculture shows
| that diseases of cattle, swine and sheep
cause losses aggre2atng more than $14O.-
100000
Americans must depend upon home pro-
duction for meat supply, according to
| Mr. Rommel England and other Euro
| pean countries will take all OF the beef
furnished by Argentina and other South
| American countries. and Chicago pack
| ers for Z. number of years have had es
| Establishments in South America, where
| beef is packed and shipped to European
| ports Australia has an excess of NUT
| ton, part of which will be shipped to this
country in increasing quantities. Most
| of the beef now imported into the United
| States comes from Mexico. on the hoof,
and it is expected that there will be an
| increase in quantities received after the
| tariff is removed from meats.
Although meat production has become
world problem. the demand for meat is
felt greater i'm American than in any
other country. Americans are heavy
ton of meat alone in this country is To-
pounds year and in addition there
is per capita consumption of lard
amounting to ten pounds year. or a
total of 10 pounds OF meat products. In
other countries the per capita consump-
ton of meat and lard is estimated to-
gether. In Great Britain and Ireland
the consumption of both meat and lard is
only 1l9 pounds year, in Germany H.;
pounds a year and in France eighty
pounds year.
| News OF the discovery by DIR. Howard
W. NOVEL; of the Boston University
School of Medicine of serum
| Cancer By which animals have been
rendered immune to cancer
MI "An' was received with great inter-
est a few days ago by officials of the
United States public health service. The
government physicians say that, If the
serum is effective in minimizing people,
the discovery will be one of the greatest
| blessings which has ever come to the
human race.
"The officers of the United States pub
Leo health service. said Dr.. ". =.