The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-03
CANADIAN CATTLE
MARKET TO HOLD
:, COMPLETE SUPPLY
Little Possibility That Unit
ed States Will Receive
Much Beef.
AGREAT MOVEMENT
FIRST TWO MONTHS
october and November Shipments
From Canada Fen on in Decembes
MAY Seriously Cripple the Indus-
try For Several Years.
, : ; .
AGREAT MOVEMENT
FIRST TWO MONTHS


States which has followed the adopt
ton ST the Underwood tariff bill, Is
shown by figures for the months OF
October and November when the
rush was at its height During De-
cember, however. DIR. Terrence Of the
customs department states, the move-
ment has not been nearly so brisk and
1t has now almost ceased. ''The
withdrawal OF this vast amount Of
live and dressed meat from Canada"
DIR. Torrance explained. has resulted
in Canadian prices going up. The re-
suit IL that the live stock man can
now procure price almost as good
at home as he can in the United
States' market. An eastern shipper
just the other day, in calculating what
to do. decided that he could make as
he could in Buffalo after freight
charges were considered"
The dearth Of Canadian cattle. ow-
ing to- the movement south has result
ed in prices here which justify and
will for time at least. continue to
justify shippers patronizing the home
market" It would appear. therefore.
that the farmer now has the advan-
tage Of choosing between two mar
kets. which work together to retain
stability Of prices.
United States figures Of imports just
supplied by the bureau Of animal in
dustry to the department here. show
that during the monN1s OF October
and November, 209.s27 head Of cat
tie were imported as against 72,42O
head tor the corresponding months
last year. These all came from Can
AT head OF pure bred stock for
breeding purposes from Great Britain.
The imports were classified, as fol-
lows:
Far, October. for Immediate slaugh-
ter, 13,l66; for atockers and feeders,
54,566: for breeding purposes. 73S.
Moyembsr. feE mmsdlsts s!sughtsf. ! :. g.
sa, 80 =. a. \. 3. Az.s = =
Thes sb,,,k ssot the slaughter cattle
came from cahsaa.; s,,tis Mexico sf1is
nished four dfths or the stOckers ana
feeders. -:..s.s - 3
Canada also provided the bulk Of
the imports OF dressed meats during
i October, s.0o.735 pounds. were in-
ported and during November 1l,792.-
months Of 1923, 311 lbs /, the greater
part being fresh and refrigerated
beef. ~
Of the total Canada furnished 81
O9s,1e7 lhs.;. Argentine. 6,290,700 lbs. !;
Australia. 2,725,142 lbs; Uruguay.
559,S43 lbs. OF the cattle provided
by Canada the best quality 1t is adj
nitted came from the west, fat two.
year-old heifers being numbered
among them. From the east few fat
cattle at for immediate slaughter,
have gone across, the majority being
stockers and feeders. The scarcity of
feed in the east 10 said to be the chief
reason for this.
Price VIII Remain High.
The price Of beef" said Dr.. Tor
rance, sis bound to remain high. The
deal Of beef from the Argentine after
the duty was removed. but she has
to compete with Great Britain for the
Argentine meat and the rush has not
been as great az she expected. Cana
da cannot raise enough for homo con-
sumption and will stop exporting as
soon as prices rise, Australia y too far
away. There ID no considerable
source of supply and prices are sure
Breeding shortage
DR.. Torrance ts fully aware Of the
seriousness OF the export from Canada
Of female cattle and expects q great
shortage in stock for breeding pur-
poses next eeason. "a serious fea-
tures ne declares, rs the fact that
the farmers appears to be anxious to
sell OF their calves. There is a de-
cided glut OF veal on the market
every epring. It seems to me that
this u q decided loss to the country.
I should sutgest that something might
be done to send buyers to Montreal
and Toronto next Spring to save these
calves from the butcher and save
them for the western farmers, who
would Pc very glad 10 buy them.
British Columbia did something In
this line to procure dairy cattle, and
successfully competed With the Amer
.ican buyers. It y impossible to pre-
vent the farmers from selling their
female cattle. but certainly some,
thing should be done to replenish the
herds. tsE
..They: can't AFFORD to buy breeding
cattle from tho United States, even II
they were for sale. our duty isF1 too
high for that, concludes DIR. Tor
rance. s5a