The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-21
MEAT REAL LUXURY
IN EUROPE NOW
Central Power Group Believes 1t Will Be
Better Off Than the Eentente Group
France Lost A Great Deal of
Stock by German 0ceu-
patton.

. Vienna. Feb. l0.--None too plentiful
before the war, meat is likely to become
a real luxury in Europe after peace i,
declared and remain 80 for a considerable
time until stock breeding has progressed
on an immense scale
The central power group believes il
will find itself better off than the en-.
tente group in this respect, but both
groups viii certainly find it serious
problem. At the expiration OF two years
OF warfare-which period will soon be
reached-it is estimated the enteEte pow
ers will be short 7,575,000 head of meat
animals, while the central group, owing
to the territories occupied by their ar.
mics, would in that time lose only 1000,
900 heads through over-consumption due
to the war.
Commenting upon the situation the
Paris Revenue Des Deux Mondes points
out that France lost 20 per cent of its
meat animal stock by the occupation OF
ten departments of the Germans. France
lost through this $4,000 horned cattle,
l4,S04.3l0 sheep and Sl4,9l9 pigs. This
means, says the periodical that France
is deprived of an annual meat produc-
tion Of All 900 tons.
The live stock of Belgium also was
lost by entente. this being estimated 10
amount TO about 100000 heads OF cat
tie, 100000 sheep and over 100000
pigs. Germany gained thus the meat
production of roundly 30000,000 animals
in the western theatre alone. =
Though the Russians saved much of
their live stock in Poland and the in
vaded Russian provinces, nearly 10000.
900 meat animals fell in the hands OF
the Germans and Austro- Hungarians.
Against this must be charged the losses
sustained by the central powers in Cali.
cha and East Prussia. said to amount to
about 100000 heads, because in East
Prussia much Of the stock was driven
off beforehand, while the Gafician live
stock had already been drawn on heavily
by the Austro- Hungarian troops.
The live stock found in Serbia is es
timated at about 100000 heads of meat
animals, so that the central powers have /
in their favor a balance of about 10000 |
900 animals. This means meat produc-
ton OF roundly 100000 tons per year.
This cannot be looked upon as an in.
crease altogether OF the central powers
food supply. In the territories from
which this live stock comes lives a pop.
ulation Of about 35000,000, whose wants 4
must be met, Of course. Nevertheless,
the meat production OF the territories oc
,upied by the German and Austro- Hun Il
garian troops being some 3S,2ls,000,000
pounds annually, which is 1902 pounds
per capita, a large surplus is left for
the occupying troops. A daily meat ra
lion OF eight ounces for each inhabitant
If the districts held, would place at the
disposal of the Germans and Austro-
20,700,000 pounds per year.
Even in view OF the fact that the meat
of the central powers ar
MES is 456 pounds for each man a year,
his quantity would 90 far towards main
aiming the men in the field
That pork and port fats are hard to
ret at present in the central powers /
ountries may be hard to understand in /
he light of these conditions. But the !
ollowing explanation of this fact is i
ryen here. Pork has been the favorite i
neat of the men at the front. owing to r