Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-02-20

ers' food supply. In the territories
from which this live stock comes lives
population of about 35,O0O,O00, whose
wants must be met, of course. Never
theless, the meat production of the
territories occupied by the German and
Austro-Hungarian troops teing some
3S,21S,0 100000 pounds annually, which
is 1892 pounds per capita, d large sur
plus is left for the occupying troops.
A daily meat ration of eight ounces for
each inhabitant of the district held
would place at the disposal of the
Germans and Acknowledgements TO-
7OOOOO,00O pounds per year Even in
view of the fact that the meat con-
sumption of the Central Powers arm
les is 456 pounds for each man yaer,
this quantity would go far towards
maintaing the men in the field.
That pork and pork fats are hard to
get at present in the Central Powers
countries may be hard to understand
in the light of these conditions. But
The following explanation Of this fact
is given here. Por has been the fay
orite meat of the men at the front, ow-
ing to its producing qualities, and
in addition, last year, when the grain
and potato crops of the Central en-
pres were decidedly poor, too many
pigs were butchered in order to lessen
the demand for feed,
Before the outbreak of the war, the
live stock of Europe, the Balkan states
and the Ottoman empire not included,
stood as follows:
Entente states-76,642,912 cattle,
1O4,6O4,962 sheep, SO,OO3,9:2 pigs.
Central states-46,746,912 cattle, as
5S6,399 sheep, 36,446,391 pigs.
Neutral states-1O75 O6,COS cattle,
1S4,279,S72 sheep, 81 ,O63,OS4 pigs.
Entente states which are least fav-,
orally situated in their meat supply
coming from home production are
Great Britain and Italy. The annual
per capita consumption in Great Brit
ain is about $50 pounds. Of this 60
per cent has to be imported. A table
recently compiled by the well-known
Italian economist Ferratti shows that
Italy has already used one half fits
horned cattle to feed it's army.
Russia is probably best off in this re-
spect, though heavy demands on its
meat production have also teen made.
To feed it's army, estimated at eight
million men under arms, took during
the first war year no less than $780,,
100000 heads OF emat animals
France in addition to having lost
considerable share of meat animals, is
obliged to feed three million refugees
from the occupied departments and
Belgium. Russia has to care similarly
for over six million refugees.
Between the average normal meat
consumption of the nations at war,
ranging from 10 to $50 pounds per
capita, and the consumption of meat
by some 25,O0O,OO0 men under arms,
running from 22O to eco pounds per
man, in the Italian and French armies
respectively, and reaching 456 pounds
pei man in the German, Austro-Hun-
garian and Russian armies, there is a
difference of roughly 3,450,000 tons.
According to French economists it
takes 142 100000 animals to produce
this annually.
The total meat animal stock of the
belligerent states was 343,700,000
pounds at the outbreak of the war. The
excess consumption by the armies of
Europe is therefore a little more than
Al per cent of the annual supply of
meat, serious matter when it is con-
sidered that with these inroads upon
live stock the rate of reproduction is
also much decreased.
For the time being, however, the
problem affects the Central Powers
mainly in the supply of pork The man