The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-23
meat LIKELY TO BECOME
LUXURY IN EUROPE WHEN
GREAT STRUGGLE is ENDED
Stock Breeding Must Progress An Immense Scale Be-
fore Flesh Is Plentiful France Loses 20 Per Cent
of Supply Through Invasion.

Vienna Feb. 21-None too p1enti-
full before the war, meat is likely to
become a, real luxury in Europe after
peace is declared and remain SO for
a considerable time until stock-breed-
ing has progressed on an immense
scale.
The central power group believes it
will find itself better off than the en-
tente group in this respect. but both
groups will certainly find it a serious
problem. At the expiration of two
years of warfare-which period will
soon be reached-it is estimated the
entente powers will be short 1875, 900
head of meat animals, while the cen
trail group, owing to the territories oc-
cupied by their armies, would in that
time loose only 100000 heads
! through over consurn ption due to the
war.
Commenting upon the situation the
Paris Revue Des Deux Mondes points
out that France lost 20 per cent. of it's
meat animal stock by the occupation
of 10 departments of the Germans.
France lost through this 100000
horned cattle, 14,8O4, $40 sheep and
S14,919 pigs. This means, says the
periodical, that France is deprived of
an annual meat production of 411,0 900
tons.
The live stock of Belgium was lost
to amount to about 100000 heads of
cattle, 100000 sheep and over
y, 900, 900 pigs. Germany gained thus
the meat production of round1y 3d.
100000 animals in the western theatre
alone.
Though the Russians saved much of
their live stock in Poland and the
Russian provinces. nearly 100000, 900
meat animals fell in the hands of the
Germans and Observation-Disclosures.
Against this must be charged the
losses sustained by the central powers
in GaHcia and East Prussia, said to
amount to about 100000 heads, be-
cause in East Prussia much of the
stock was driven off beforehand, while
the GaIician live stock had already
been drawn on heavily by the Austro-
Hungarian troops.
The live stock found in Serbia is es-
tinated at about 100000 heads OF
meat animals, that the central
powers have in their favor a balance
| of about 100000 animals. This
means meat production Of froundly
100000 tons per year.
This cannot be looked upon as an
increase altogether of the central
powers food supply. In the territor-
les from which this live stock comes
lives a population of about 100000,
whose wants must be met, of course.
the territories occupied by the German
and Austro-Hungarian troops being
some 1928, 100000 pounds annually,
which is 1892 pounds per capita, a
large surplus is left for tae> occupying
troops. A daily. meat ration of eight
ounces for each inhabitant of the dis
tricts held, would place at the disposal
of the Germans and Austro- Hungar-
tans 2O,700, 900 pounds per year.
Even in view Of the fact that the meat
consumption of the central powers
armies is 456 pounds for each man a
year, this quantity would go far
towards maintaining the men in the
field.
get at present in the central powers
may be hard to understand in the
light OF these conditions. But the fol-
lowing explanation of this fact ia
given here. Pork has been the favor