The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-22

world. whether nciliR'Tcnt ~ non.
hclliRorcut should OF u sudden hc-
come kconly Interested IN dctcrmin.
ing Just how il is Ted. Just where the
dail, supple, tor the kitchen lardei
come frcrt Each day Of the Euro
coniccturcs a. tu tho advantages and
disadvantage 81 different untiuns'
places st the world table aud many
~ these DuuIcctutcs have been based
uu more or less reckless guessing.
Tho following sketch of the worlds
meat supply. taken from - study pre-
pared Tor the National Geographic SOC
cicty NJ Washington by william Io-
scph Showaltcr on the sources con
trihuting to humanity's market has.
kot brings timely and accurate infor.
nation ou q subject over which all
people are discussing
Taking III" worlds supply of cat
to. hogs aud sheer. and making prop
VI hil'Ndu'' lNI hH' l'SS tnlIIbN ca
methods of STOCK raising IN uthcr
parts ~ the globe as compared with
those If the United states. It appears
that mankind az large uses in the
neighborhood OF a. billion pounds of
meat = year This would be an aver
age ct about 80 pounds per capita
throughout the world. The people of
the United States q few years ago wc.-
eating lag pounds per capita, which
is more thar four times az much az
the average tor the race.
Next tu the Australians. the Amer
can people are the largest OF all meat
eaters. In butchers meat. the latest
statistics showed the American to he
eating l72 pounds, the Englishman
ll9 pounds. the German 113 pounds.
the Frenchman and the Belgian so
pounds, the Austro-Hunsarian "a
pounds, the Russian 50 pounds and
the Spaniard ~ pounds. The aver
49, tNTah WV NN Ntt
way, is the most plcnteous table the
world around S0t4 pounds of
beef, ~ pounds 81 veais Is pounds
OF pork and lard, and sis pounds OF
mutton and lamb a year.
Where We eat so pounds OF beet
the knglishman eats 90 pounds. the
frenchman - pounds and the Ger
man 80 pounds Where 49, eat IS
pounds of pork. Including lard. the
Englishmsn eats 33 pounds. the Ger
man 81 pounds and the F%rrnchman
g pounds
We eat - pounds of veal where
tn. tneiishInan eats Z pounds. the
German ~ pounds ana the French
sian ; pounds, aud We eat 6ls pounds
al mutton and lamb where tue Eng
lishman eats 20 pounds, the German
-. pounds and the Frcnchman .
pounds
From these ftgures it VIII be seen
that the Frenchman eats less than
half the beef We do Ne elts a. much
beef as the German but less inan hall
as much pork.
IT Is interesting ~ stud tho per
! capita production of meats In the
countries uf the central powers at the
present time The Sta,istic4 of the
tinted states department - agri,ul-
turr reveal the fact that Germany,
Austria Hungary. Bulgaria and Tur
key mas a total of approximately So
opo n0O cattle before the Wal began.
The department of agriculture says
that about one-fifth of The total num-
Der ct cattle IN GERMANY arc slaugh-
tered annually. Assuming that the
net weight of those OF Germany and
Austria Hungary corresponds with
the net weight Of our own cattle. ana
that the net weight of those of But
CARA and Turkey Is only 500 pounds
where ours Is 5i2, 1t would appear
mat thof. ~ a 3i-pound Pc capita
production OF beef IN the CENTRAL pow
icts
There are $4,000. 600 hogs In the
countries of the T%cutonip ullldu'c a.
The department OF agtioulturc's sta
tist.cs show that the annual slaughter
IN Germany Is no. per cent of the
total number of hogs on hand at .
given time. therefore II would app
pear tina, there Is a per capita pre-
duetIon eft pork amounting Zoo -
pounds IN the central powc,s.
BASED ON the German ratio of the
sheep KILLED o. those found ON the
farms of the country at q given time.
the annual slaughter OF sheep In the
' region controlled hy the central pow
crs ~ 81 600. 600. Assuming that the
average dressed weigh per sheep Is
only 80 pounds. as compared with Al
pounds IN the United States there
would be . production OF 81 o00 600
pounds OF mutton or o. pounds per
capita