Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-14
PRODUCTION OF MEATS
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
Figures for 1918 Show More Than
Twenty Billion Pounds
Marketed.
THREE.FoURTHs WAS PORK
Increase Over 1917 Amounted to Net
Gain OF 23 Pounds Per Capita.
Room I'm United States for Mutton
and Lamb Expansion.

WASHINGTON. May 10 tSpeciaD.--
cin'YiiS dressed met nrodqstion, or In
l22.So0000 pounds u quantity never
before approached in magnitude by tho
1917 was 1851, 100000 pomrids.
Ihree-fourths OF This enormous in
The meat surplus in 1918 was so
Srcht that extra export demands made
export shipments of meat and lard
nearly doubled the 1917 figure. rising
from slightly less than. l,75ooOo.oO6
600 pounds, and these figures do no,
include shipments to American Mill
tary forces abroad.
The aggregate 1917 CONSUMPTION Of
dressed meat and lard IN the United
S 81 es was approximately 14.5o0ooo.-
25o.o0o.ooo pounds This means. after
allowing for increase in population
and addition OF twenty-three pounds
f9r every man, woman and child IN
me country. despite the food conser-
walton campaign. which in 1917 caused
consumption 10 decline considerably.
Abst Thence Avcrtcd Crisis.
while the people as n whole through
their abstinence averted the immediate
crisis. II was the farmer who was the
really big factor in the ultimate situa-
ton" says the Bureau OF Animal In
dusry. United staca department Of
Agriculture. The producer, Of course.
did II with such powerful effec; that
in single year the meat shortage was
In 1918 there was not only nlea, enough
TO supply all foreign demands COM
patible with The restricted shipping
ttty was available for the home con-
sumption.
get them 10 market. Likewise ali
other steps from producer 10 consumer
o became more ,,, costiy. hence he high
Them &c, afford the Increased cost. In
than In pre-"ar times.
billion Pounds Increase
The total number Of cattle siaugh-
as against l3.!25,s0O in 1917 Their
same f0r both Gears. and The 6ee{ pro:
pounds in 1917 and 7,sil,o0C.00 pounds
In !s!s. This was a remarkabie
ase ehn cement, as !, hardly would have
increase their production l.QG0.6o0,000
pounis IL one year
The hog natures quickly. ,her.-
torc. lnuch more rapid increase would
b. looked .o' than was the case with
cattle. Even SO, The rcsul, for 1915 can
!, De "a !oseEiS,e only as stupendous The
S5iIoo. as against 57.4s3.So0 in 1917.
Furthermore, the average weight was
nine and one-half pounds more per
hog in 1915 Thus. when the animals
are turned into pork and lard we have
4 total production OF il.225, 664. geo
pounds in 1913. as against s,47s.2ss,o6o
pouncs in 1917, an Increase OF 27i7,-
$4,000 bounds, or ga per cent. nearly
one-th!rd.'
Great Gnin I'm Exports
Strikiag Increases in exports are
shown, by The bureau. Beef shipments
abroad in 1913 were % per cent more
nan IN loi5-the chief 1915 items be-
Ing $1,000. coo pounds Of fresh beef
and lil,0oo:oo0 pounds OF canned beef.
E%portB OF pork and lard In 1913
nmounted 10 7o,2s7.C3e, which was
III per cent more than the quantity
sent abroad In 1917.
T9e bureau shows that in the aggre-
gate, more meat by far Is eaten in the
United states than in any other couu-
try In the world. although some sparse
~ settled countries raising much meat
nav. a larger per capita consumption.
u also says that there is room in the
United states for . great expansion In
the Use OF mutton and lamb.