Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-05
MORE MEAT IS
NEEDED F0RU.
S. TO WIN WAR
TO GET AN INCREASED SUPPLY HOG
BREEDING MUST BE INCREASED
QUICKLY AND MATERIALLY
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY.

WASHINGTON, ID. G.. Nov. 5.-To win
The war we need more meat. To get I'm IN
creased meat supply quickly hog breeding
must he incrsccad materially throughout
the country. and in certain states IN in
| crease of from 25 Ia ~ per cent III the
number of hogs i recommended by the
United States department of agriculture.
The situation J. of great Importance.
| We must nave plenty of meat for our ar
: mics and the armies of the allies in the
| field. and sufficient meat for our civilian
population and the civilian population OF
the allies ut home.
To have this meat. breeding animals must
reproduce themselves 20 the offspring will
he available for slaughter in the future.
Hogs can he increased quicker than any
other kind Of live stock.
Therefore a larger number Of ~ow- must
be bred now. than in recent wears.
I'm addition to the fact that there Is an
imperative demand for more meat n u war
measure. IL should he taken into consldcra-
lion that we row have an abundance of
feed cropS-corn. oats, and barley-wIth
which 10 produce this necessary increase in
the number Of hogs. The demand for meat
i certain and it will be profitable Ia the
farmer To market some of this heavy grain
supply on the hoof.
4 The increase in the number Of hogs for
various states, ~ by the de-
rarlmcnt. i a. follows: Missouri, 30 per
vent: Alabama. 30: Iowa. %: Kansas. -;
Indiana. 20: Illinois. 20; Mississippi. 20;
Arkansas. 20; South Carolina, 10: Ohio.
10; Kentucky. IL: Tennessee. 10; Mary
land. 10; North Carolina. 10: Michigan. 10:
Nebraska. 10: West Virginia. ;. and Genr-
gia. ;. The increase needed for the entire
country i L. per cent and i covered hv
the above schedule. Other states than
those named should breed no fewer sow
than last year.
The result of these increases will be Ia
provide sufficient animals ~ make the
meat that j. absolutely essential to the
feeding of our armies.
Pork can he transported more readily
and economically a. troops ~ the field than
can amy other meat. Great supplies Of ba-
con must 20 to the boys in khaki at the
front. Unless now 4 larger number Of >ow~
are bred. the amount III meat wc will will
REQUIRE HfNt wear VIII Hhl w INdlifhl'-
The estimated number of hogs i 1000,
nOo less than il was \ wear ago in tins
country. and ~ the face of thi- We need
more hogs than ever before. How can We
get them by breeding ~ow> ~ once.
The expectation II pork products ha~ in
creased since the war began and will con
tInuc tn increase during the length of the
war. The foreign countries are dcyotin-
their farming energies t. foed and feed
rather than live stock production. but they
must have meat and they must get a large
: part of this supply from ~.
During the last three months the price
of hogs in the United States ha> been on m
average. more than twice ~ much n the
average price for the five wears from 1911
Ia 1915. In view of the large crop Of feed
stuit> IN sight. however, il i believed that
farmers will see the wisdom of taking every
reasonable step to increase the supply Of
hogs and hog products.