Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-02
Big Mobilization Camp For Stock at
 New London County Fair.

The farm animals of America are 10 be mobilized. Mobilization centers at all the strategic points in the Unit RS States have been designated, where picked representatives of each breed of horses. cattle, sheep. hogs and poultry to be asSem bled.
 They are to be summoned together te enable the millions of stock own CTS and poultry keepers in America to study the most prof1ta bic breeds and types of farm animals and poultry by actual comparison. and find out where the best breeding stock may be bought to build up their common herds, f1ocks and stables.
 The big mobilization camp for stock fr this part of the country will be held st the New London County Fair at Norwich. September l. 2. and 3, where . tremendous attendance is expected.
 The vital importance of this meet Ing is disclosed by the issuance of 2 recent government report of a national fnvestiga tion Of the livestock condi- tons Of our country. which shows an alarming decrease in the world sup ply Of horses, cattle. sheep. hogs and Poultrv- The world war has resulted not only in the destruction of mil Hons of human lives but the practical SKtermination of most of the farm an Er1als in Europe and most of it's de ptndeucies. In fact there has never been such ruthless slaughter of meat and work animals since the time sf the Deluge.
 Sra t=-+f(7e. -,-----o +ha4 +,,e-o 9ra a; lsast so eoe,ooe less cattle. e0.ooo. oe less saeeD and yU-vVu less hogs in ti,e world than there were at the be- ginning of the war in 1914. and this Shortage is increasing steadily. de- sf,ite the tremendous efforts of Ameri- rp 10 check it. It is known that there ls much less poultry than four years ago. because Europe has always pro duced enormous amounts of chickens geese and ducks. and the war has made heavy inroads upon these f1ocks America has been eating much poultry and poultry products as substitutes for tEef and pork
 The horse industry has suffered a shock from which it will not recover for many -ears- The horse breeders Of Belgium and France have been put out of business by the war The deep drain of the war has reduced. breed Ing stock in the other European coun- tries to very low ebb. Despite the fact that the number of horses and 91ules in this country has not been in ereasing, nevertheless. a million hors- s@ and mules have been shipped abroad for war purposes since 1914
 Where is the world to look for it's meat and work animals? There is but sne country to which they look. Amer ica, with it's limitless opportunities for live stock production. is the continent Co which the world must come for most of it's future breeding stock Nev- CT in the knowledge of man has such a l Eplendid opportunity to dominate the Eve stock husbandry of the world been given to any two countries a s to the United States and her sister coun- ers-- Canada.
 This is one of the reasons wh,- the Government is lending such encourage nent to the holding of live stock shows 70 the "a sing of sheep horses | sattle, hogs and poultry of the best breeds and types for of course. it l .E necessary for none but the best l fErm animals to be raised if America | ts 10 live up to her opportunity The rest of the world is not disposed to ! same 10 America at any time to huv inferior breeding stock