The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-06-01
Makes Important Survey OF Live
Stock situation


Stock situation
An important survey of the live
stock situation in the nation has
been made by Grady Cary, General
Counsel of the Louisville Live Stock
Exchange, figures from which were
used in an address recently at
Lebanon in the campaign Of the Ex-
change to improve livestock of the
state. Mr.. Cary in his talk in be-
half of the Farmers Better Sire
Sale of 800 registered purebred
bulls to be held at the Bourbon
Stock Yards, June End. called at
tention to the rapid national de-
crease in livestock. so entirely out
Of proportion to the increase in
population.
"Of outstanding importance to
every person in this country is the
fact that the number of people in
the United States has been increas-
ing much faster than the number Of
cattle, sheep and swine," declared
Mr.. Cary. "In 1900 for every 9
inhabitants of the United States
there were eight head of cattle, sew
en- and one-half head of swine and
seven head of sheep. On the first
day of January 1921 for every nine
inhabitants the ratio 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
decreased more than one-fourth in
twenty years and the per capita sup
ply of sheep nearly one-half."
The total livestock production of
the United States on June LIST. 1900
was of cattle, sheep and swine 1922
091,164 and on January list. 1921
the total livestock population only
177,907,000, which means that dur
ing that period there was an actual
decrease in livestock population of
approximately 100000 head,
while there was an increase in the
human population of the country in
the same period of approximately
100000 persons. Thus it will
be seen that the people of the Unit
ed States increase about 40 percent
while the livestock population de-
creased between s and 8 percent"
"An analysis of the actual figures
reveals the following economic
situation which should be of serious
interest to consumers and, of course
to producers.
First-Apparently the United
States is reverting toward a situa-
ton wherein the production of live
stock and consequently OF meat Will
be outstripped by increasing pOpula-
ton.
Second-The per capita produc-
ton of meat and lard, including ex-
ira edible parts, such as liver,
hearts and tongues. was in round
numbers 1875 pounds in 1920 as
compared with 2l1 pounds in 1919; !
222 pounds in 1918 and 24S
pounds in 1900.
Third-Less beef and veal were
produced in the United States in
1920 than in 1900 not withstand
ing the population during the same
period increased approximately 40
percent.
Fourth-Pork now appears to be
the main resource of the nation in
the losing fight to increase live
stock and meat production as rap
idly as population. In 1909 beef
and veal constituted As percent and
pork and lard asa percent Of the
total production OF dressed meat
and lard. Last year the ratios
were; beef and veal 1915 percent;
pork and lard 57.6 percent.
Fifth-If the livestock produc-
ton had increased proportionately
to population since 1900 the meat
aud lard produced would have been
$500. 100000 pounds, five and
one-half billion which would have
been more than was actually con-
sumed.
Sixth-Canadian meat industry |
has been lamenting the fact that
the number of cattle per capita in
the Dominion has not increased
since 1908 and various efforts to
increase livestock production in
the Dominion have been made. but
at the present time there are ten
head of cattle to every nine in
habitants in Canada and in the
limited States at the beginning OF |