Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-01-19
Growing Popularity
of American Pig

| The American pig Is invading every
part OF the world, and at constantly
advancing prices. Nearly a billion dol
lan' worth Of him passed out of the
United States tn the calendar year
1919. the quantity beiug over 2,Seo,ooo'-
I 600 pounds, as against less than 1000
100000 pounds In the year before the
war. Meantime, the prices when tue
people OF other parts of the world. as
well as those of the United States, pay
are three times as great ~ Immediately
prior to the war, yet tim quantity ex-
ported continues to increase ana the
number of countries, colonies. ana id-
ands calling for our pork products
shows no tliminution, despite the trep-
ling of price At the same time ONT
expectation Of other meats shows
marked falling on. especially In the lasi
year.
our pork products exported in the
calendar year 1919 Will show. accord
ing to statement by the National CITY
Bank. of New York. a grand total OF
approximately sS50,e0e,G0s. against a
little over 500 900, 600 in the fiscal year
1914, .all of which preceded the war.
The quantity exported aggregates
about $500, 100000 pounds. against
little less than 1,OOu, 900. 900 pounds In
1914, and the average price per pound
about 80 cents. as against approx
mately y cents per pound In 1914 Inc
advance has continued year by year
and month by month and the export
prices at the present time are about
three times as much as those OF lSlf.
the average export price Of bacon ana
hams in October, 1919, the latest avail
able figures. having been SO cents per
pound. as against 20 cents per pound
in October. 1918. and an average or IL
cents per pound during the fiscal year
1918.
This advance OF practically 200 per
cent In the export prices is apparently
only in keeping with the advance IN
farm values of the animal, since the
figures of the department OF asricul-
ture indicate that the farm value OF
the average hog. big and little, was
In 1912 IS, and at the beginning OF
1919 $22.
Meantime the number OF swine on
the farms OF the country has increased
from $1,000 geo in 1918 &c $4,000, 900 AT
the bseinning of 1919. and the value
from $500. 600. coo in 1913 TO 1856 Ooo,-
600 at the beginning of 1919. The in
crease in price of the farm value OF
the average pig Is greater than that OF
the average beef animal, the farm valu-
alton per animal. as stated by the de-
partrnent o, agriculture, having ad-
yanced in the period from 1872 to 1919
in the case Of swine about 10 per cent.
and that OF oxen and other cattle
about II per cent, while the Naiue Oh
mich cows advanced about 80 per
cent. despite the fact thatour exporta-
ton of condensed milk has Jumped
| from a little over ,sl.341.0oo in the
nscal year 1914 to approximately Sl2s,-
o0o. go in the calendar year 1919, and
the quantity from 100000 pounds In
! 1914 to s75Oo0ee0 pound. In 1919. The
United States has about 70 per cent
Of the swine Of the world.
| Tho popularity abroad of our pork
products Is apparently CT q more per-
manent character than that Of our beer.
which showed a tremendous increase
during the period Of war activities, Dur
has greatly declined in the first year
of peace. The total exports OF fresf.
! beef which amounted to 5l4,GoO,0o0
pounds in 1918, have dropped to about
80, 0O9. 600 pounds in 1919, and the aV-
craze export price has fallen from
"a ceuts per pound in January, lSlu'
! to 21.s cents per pound IN octooef'
! 1919, tho latest available figures as 10
detail Of beef exports.
! The taste which Europe has devei-
oped for cur pork products during the
war evidently still fingers. Tor the
! quantity of bacon sent to that continent
; in 1919 is nearly 1000, go 900 pounds. as
| against 10000, 90 pounds In the nscai
! year 1918. $4,000 600 pounds IN 1917
and only 1s7.ooo!0o0 pounds IN the
wear preceding the war: while OF hams
the total for 1919 Is about 460.ooO,ooo
pounds, as against 15e.3oo,0o0 in 1914.
| In fact, Europe tool, in the calendar
wear 1919 nearly 1.Coo.0oQ,o00 pounds
out Of approximately 1900 ,eoo'Soo
pounds of bacon exported TO the wnoie
world, and of hams about the same
proportion. The value OF the pork
products exported from the uniteo
States since the beginning of the war
he annroximately sa,oo0,Do0, 900. against
a little over $500. 5000 in the CORE
spending period preceding the war.
The demand for our pork produots
ia not. however. confined to Europe
Tna total nun Der Of countries. colonies
and is,aads TO which our pork product.
v,r, sent in 1919 - IN tho oaSs q
bacon and hams about Is and o. lara
slightly higher total.
1 Amsrioan Diet Changing.
| Whether II - because Of the anores.-
"a cost q meat or because psopise
tastes hxve changed, the fact remain.
that Americans are eating Per cent
Ices meat than they were twenty years
ago, This IS. disclosed tn recent al.
etnry survey made by tho Unped
states department Of Agriculture.
In this survey 1000 dietary records
each covering a period Of seven days.
wer. collected from 1925 families and
5M institutions in forty-six states
s,xtsen nationalisies and many occu-
1 nations and incomes were Represented
"A were aiso both urban and rural 10
callties.
| 49,, .,,,nrosrx ~ 900 Of these