Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-05-24
MAKES SURVEY OF
LIVESTOCK SITUATION

As A0 WIN VI C7 aSte
An important survey of the
livestock situation in the nation
has been made by Grady Cary,
general counsel of the Louisville
LivestockExchange, fgrues from
(which were used in an address re-
Gently at Lebanon in the cam
paign of the exchange to improve
livestock of the state. Mr.. Gary
in his talk in behalf of the Farm
|ers' Better Sire Sale of 800 regis
tered purebred bulls to be held
at the Bourbon Stockyards June
z, called attention to the rapid ma
tional decrease in livestock, so en-
tirely out of proportion to the in
crease in population.
"Of outstanding Importance to
every person in this country is
the fact that the number of peo-
pie in the United States has been
increasing much faster than the
|nufnbe of cattle, sheep and swine,
declared Mr. Cary. I'm 1900 for
every nine inhabitants of the I'm
TIED States there were eight head
.of cattle, seven and one-half head
of swine and seven head of sheep.
On the first day of January, 1921,
for every nine inhabitants the ra-
ito had shrunk to Approximately
five and one-half head of cattle,
SIX head of swine and four head
of sheep. The statistics establish
that the per capita supply Of
swine and cattle combined has de-
creased more than one-fourth in
20 years and the per capita supply
of sheep nearly one-half.
The total livestock production
'of the United States on June /,
1900, was of cattle, sheep and
swine 192,091, 164 and on January
4, 1921, the total livestock popu-
.lation only 100000, which
means that during that period
there was an actual decrease in
livestock population of approx
mately 100000 head, while
there was an increase in the hui
man population of the country in
the same period of approximately
32,OOO,0OO persons. Thus it will
be seen that the-peOple of the
United States increase about 40
per cent while the livestock pop
ulation decreased between eight
and nina per cent
can analysis of the actual fig
ures reveals the following eco
nomic situation which should be
of serious interest to consumers
and, of course, to producers.
"First-Apparently the United
States is reverting toward a stu
alton wherein the production OF
livestock and consequently of
meat will be outstripped by in
creasing population.
"Second-The per capita pro-
duction of meat and lard, includ-
ing extra edible parts, such as
liver, hearts and tongues, was in
round numbers 1915 pounds in 1920
as compared with 2ll pounds III
1919; 222 pounds in 1918 and 248
pounds in 1900
"Third-Less beef and veal
were produced in the United
States in 1920 than in 1900, not
withstanding the population dur
ing the same period increased ap-
proximately 40 per cent.
''Fourth-Pork now appears to
be the main resource of the nation
in the losing fight to increase
livestock and meat production as
rapidly as population. In 1909
beef and veal constituted 48 per
cent and pork and lard 1873 per
cent of the total poduction of
dressed meat and lard. Last year
the rations we're: Beef and veal.
800 er cent; pork and lard, $40
per cent.
"Fifth-If the livestock pro-
duction had increased proportion
ately to population since 1900 the