Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-02-15
MUST MAKE MANY
IMPROVEMENTS
IN LIVE STOCK

New Orleans, Feb. 12.-'lf the Uni
ted States is safely to retain the agri-
cultural leadership established by
war. we must improve Doth the quality
and the quantity OF live Stock" said
DR.. J. r. Mohler, Chief of the Bur-
eau of Animal Industry. United States
Department OF Agriculture, in ad-
dress here today to the Southern Cat
tlemens Association.
Failure to maintain our live stock
in proportion to our population means
. dependence on other contries,' said
DR.. Mohler ut means dependence
on them for meat. for leather and for
animal fats. 1t means dependence on
them also for fertilizers with which
to maintain crop yield in the absencve
CT manure. 1t may even mean depend
/ ence on them for milk with which To
| iced our children, as Europe lately
has been depending On the United
! States for milk in condensed or pow
dered form. In other words. ii we
fail to feed ourselves CT to satisfy
cur home markets, someone else WILL,
, and in fact is already doing so.
| Meat Imported Last Year.
| Imports Of meats and meat pro-
ducts by the United States in 1918
exceeded one hundred million pounds.
These were received principally from
Argentina and Canada. A report late
ly received from the American consul
general at Buenos Aires contains some
Illuminating public remarks by the
manager of an Argentina packing es-
o. Al ~ "a cfofod fhof sIQrOd
quantities of canned meats are now
regularly sent to the United States
the great cattle country of former
years. also, shat the United States
can no longer be regarded as a meat
exporting Nation"
Discussing the rapid development
in artificial refrigeration and ocean
shipment of meat, DR.. Mohler said
that important changes involving
the meat industry are going on con-
stantly and South America is prepar-
ing to feed nations that fail to provide
meat for themselves" Discussing why
South American countries are able
to produce meat cheaply enough tt
compete with the homegrown pro
ducts of other countries he mentioned
the systematic upbuilding of Soutl
American heards to superiority Ove1
even imported strains, the extensive
growing of alfalfa, insuring an abMnd
: ance of the best pasturage, and TIN
fact that the cattle are in open thru
out the year.
South Has Similar Conditions.
"Those conditions are striklngl.
similar to conditions here in tn
southern part of the United State
said Dr.. Mohler, II want to call you
attention especially to the import
ance of better types of live stock. TIL
proper type of pure-bred animal
whether cattle, hogs, sheep or poultr
makes its gains vastly more econo
mically than scrub stock. The same
true of dairy production.
Complimenting the South on clear
ing the cattle fever tick in less tina
l3 years from two-thirds of the are
originally infested, nothing that fe'
years more of vigorous work will SUI
press hog cholera entil ely, and RI
marking that "a healthy beginning
has been made in the systematic ers
dication of animal tuberculosis by tn
accredited-h herd plan, DR.. Mohler az
clared, with these three scourges ;
last out of the way, or reduced to in
potency, and the lesser. ailments CT
down in proportion, the United Stat
should be livestock region where an
NAL improvement should contin,
with accelerated progress. The Tn
ted States has less than half as mar
serious animal SOURCES as exist in Il
world, largely because this countl
has had a good start in disease co
troll and is mollowing it up. TIL
phase of the work, however, has be-