New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-08-26
REGARDING MEAT.

ING production supremacy. the
demand is outstripping supply.
due to the increase in population
beng stronger than increase in
meat outturn. Such a condition
is WORKING toward higher level
of prices AL the time, not only in
the United States. hit throughout
the entire world as we'll
Although increased price Of
fecdstuffs is making the raising of
beef. pork and mutton more ex-
pensivc. still higher range Of meat
values more than offsets this, and
in evidence Of the desire to meet
the situation THROUGHOUT the cOun-
try there has never been such a
demand for good breeding stock
as exists today. The Development
of stock raising for the butchers
block is being given due atten-
ton in every direction. but it is a ).
question if the gain in number can
be made to keep pace with ever-
Increasing demand, particularly
considering the chief limiting fac
tor. enormous losses caused by
ravages of herds through disease
and exposure. |;
Were it not for cholera in swine,
pork could be sold cheaper and at
more profit than now obtained.
The cattle situation would he won
derfully eased were it not for the
ravages Of cattle tick in the
South, the natural feeding ground
Of the nation. and then there are
the heavy winter losses on the
ranges Of the South and West.
Government estimates tell that
since 1900 from 100000 to L.
473.WO cattle have died each year
from disease, and from 600, 900 to
] 10000 annually die from ex-
posure. With sheen the losses
are claimed to be about the same
from disease, but the losses from
exposure are much larger. With
swnie. which suffer almost everv- '
where from hog cholera, the Q
primal factor in swine losses, it is }
stated that in 1894 the loss was Y
1900. 900. but in 1914 it amounted )
to 100000. If these 100000 t
hogs had been saved. it is esti- Q
mated they would have produc ed \
meat to furnish every e
family in the United States with <
10 pounds of pork. I
When we consider that our 3
despite these terrific los :.
'es. still remains the greatest :
neat-producing nation in the
world, it is evident we have more
advantages in that respect than
my nation. And when the South
tarts at the live stock game in !
then will the United !,
states be able to show far more !
progress than ever recorded in :.
he past. Government investiga- :
ion establishes the fact that be- :
ween 1907 and 1913 there was a -
aarked decline in the number of :
attic in the country. The last =;
wo years. however, the decline :.
7as not only stopped. but the :,
rift started in the other direc- =,
ion bv a perceptible increase. =
What the South has contributed a
, this increase is hard to tell, -,
ut the Southland as source of :;
lpply has to be considered. I,
furthermore. the South is expect =.
l to play the most important part d,
, the future re-establishment of =.
attic herds to former figures. for =:
e are still short of normal sup
lies. as borne out by data show
lg the estimated number of cat
e in the United States, on farms
nd ranges. January l, 1916, be-
2 61,441 900. against the JAN 8
srv l, 1907 figures Of 1854, 900.
Other meat data shows that the =
lmber of swine in the United :
.ates on January 1. 1916, was =
timated at 68.0OO,OOO, as CON- -
red with 5S.20O,O0O in April,
10. While. for swine, this is an -
,preciable increase. for sheep,
/ the other hand, the data is not =
couraging. the number having
creased from 52.5OO,OOO in
pril, 1910, to 100000 Janu-
Y l. 1916. =
farmers who would y
in for the most profitable fea-
re Of farming hardly need the q
owe information to bring them
a realization of the advantages