The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-05-14
MEAT PRODUCED
LAST YEAR IN
j. s. ENORMOUS

lara, HWCNNtNu III l"AN tp ~, 1 y
NOO.O 200 pounds u quantity never
before approached IN magnitude by
the ltvcstcck industry OF this or any
other country The corresponding
figure tor l9l1 was l6,Sl;,3oo,o0O
pounds
Thrcc-tourths OF this enormous In
crease was IN pork and one fourth
was IN beef
Tho meat surplus In 1918 was so
great that extra export demands
made l!ttlc Impression on II, al
though 1918 eNpor, shipments Of
meat and lard nearly doubled the
1917 figures rising from slightly
less than one and thrcc-fourth bill.
lion pounds TO slightly more than )
billion pounds these figures do
not include shipments TO American
military forces abroad.
The aggregate 1917 consumption
OF dressed meat and lard IN the
United States was approximately
l+l billion pounds. but In 1913 II
rose To seventeen aud one quarter
billion pounds This means. after al
lowing for increase In population.
and addition OF - pounds for every
man woman and child In the coun-
the food conservation
campaign which In 1917 caused the
TO decline considerably.
while the people as u whole thrr
thei rabst steinence aycrted the imme-
tiate crisis. 1t was the farmer who
was the really big factor In the ulti-
mate situation" says the Bureau OF
Animal Industry. United States De- .
partment OF Agriculture. The pro- .
ducer. Of course. was expected to do 4
his part. but he did II with such pow
erful effect that in u single year the
meat shortage was turned into
pronounced surplus. Thus In 1918
here was not only meat enough to /
supply all foreign demands compat- .
bile with the restricted shipping ia /
but a greatly enlarged guam I
tity was available for the home con
''To be sure. II cists the farmer
more. much more. TO feed his animals
and get them to market Likewise.
all other steps from producer to con.
sumer became more costly. hence the
high prices. But the unprecedented
OF the people as a whole
them TO afford the increased
cost In fact. laborIng people prob
ably consumed more meat during the
past year than in pre-war times.
The total number OF cattle slagh-
tered in 1915 Is estimated at l5.75O.-
400 as against l3.723,900 in 1917.
Their average weights were practI-
cally the same for both years. and
the beef produced from them was
6 .6s6.000. 900 pounds In 1917 and
Z 7.64l 900. 900 pounds In 1918. This
was remarkable achievement as 1t
hardly would have been credited that
beef growers could increase their
production Il billion pounds In one
year
''The hog natures quickly, there
fore much more rapid increase
would be looked for than was the
case with cattle. Even so, the re-
suits for 1918 can be described only
as stupendous. The hogs marketed
in 1915 numbered 69,s54.7O0 as
against 57,4S3.SO0 In 1917. Further
more, the average weight was 9h
pounds more per hog in 1918. Thus
when the animals are turned into
pork and lard we have a total pro-
duction OF 11,225.6s4.O0 pounds in
1918, as against 8,47S,2S9. 900
pounds in 1917, an increase OF 2,747,-
355.000 pounds. or 32.4 per cent,
nearly one-third.
Striking increases in exports are
also shown by the bureau. Beef ship
ments abroad in 1918 were % per
cent more than in 1817-the chief
1913 items being 514 900 900 pounds
OF fresh beef and l4l 900, 900 pounds
OF canned beef. Exports OF pork and
lard In 1918 amounted to 2.279,2S7.-
030-which was III per cent more
than the quantity sent abroad In
1917.
The bureau shows that in the ag-
gregate more meat by far Is eaten In
the United States than In any other
country In the world--although some