Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1921-11-19
com CRoP AND MEAT SUPPLY.

DEd.AVVAFE farmers are bemoanng % and 30 cent
~ corn It spells financial ruin to many OF them hnan-
ca embarrassment 10 many others But low prices Tor
corn are bringing with them low prices for meat and
meat eaters are going TO and thrive at the expense
Of the farmers.
Promise Of corn crop OF 3i52OOOOOO bushels in re
limited States alone coupled favorable reports
on world wheat and crops suggests says the Trade
Record OF The National City Bank on New York that the
worlds supply Of bread and meat will be litts below nor
NAL despite the shortage in the wheat fields OF Russia
3OOOO0OOO bushe crop In the United States alone
means probably 400OO0O00 bushels for the entire world
for the United states usually produces threefourhs OF
the worlds outturn.
And this big corn crop with means In turn an IN
usually big meat supply especially OF pork, for large
part OF the corn OF the United States is fed to swine on
the farms where Is grown and the meat thus produced
distributed to all parts the world in far greater values
than that OF the in the natural state.
With the changed conditions OF production and trans
poration in Europe resulting from the war the demand
OF the world upon the United States FOR bread and meat
has continued down he present time and the promise
OF an abnorrnaly large crop indicates that we shall
he able To respond to the world demand for meat we'll
as breadsurs
Already in nine months Of the current year for which
figures are now available, have exported more corn
than in any full year 1906 while the quantity solns
in the form pork products in the current year is 20 per
cent greater than in the months OF 1870 though the
value is probably less by Of the reduction in prices
Even at the reduced prices Of wheat and corn the e1
ports OF pork products chiefly produced from corn Will
be nearly s3OOOOOOOO value and the corn exported IN
the natural state approximately si0OOOoOOO The value
Of the pork products exported from the United states IN
the mast decade exceeds s3OOOOOOOO and Of corn in the
natural state about S0OOOO0oO
The wide distribution OF in the form OF pork
is illustrated by the fact that the exports Of bacon 1920
10 n al ham
lard 49, and sausage SO countries and colonies.
The tremendousness OF oropthree- fourihs OF
that Of the world-accounts adds the banks statement
for the fact have swine than other coun
try for swine the most convenient process OF trans
forming corn into human food especially for expectation
and corn the useful food for swine except for the
production Of the bacon hog" which is chiefly fed The
smaller grains wheat rye, barley ETC.. with an admx-
ure OF dairy products and consequence the bacon
hog" producing those lying north OF the corn
belt Of the world producing ample supplies OF the
smaller grains above named.
This close relation number Of swine to the sup
ply OF corn as their best food faenns purposes
resulted in a growth in the number Of swine in the United
states colncidenal with the growth in production
and as consequence the United states alone has about
one-haf OF the swine OF the world while il produces
about hree-fourths OF the OF The world.
Il Is only in very recent years that crop has
crossed the sOOOOOOOOO bushe line that Of the worlds
crop output the AOOOOOOOOO bushe mark The world wa
slow in adopting this food grain which Columbus
carried back from Haiti under the native Of "mahiz
on his FIRST return voyage hut Il gradually spread through
southern Europe where Il designated maize" Il
recognition Of its Haitian title above named and after IL
introduction in southern Europe extended slowly over TN
other continents
At present the corn crop OF the world Is normally
United States 3OOOOOOOOO bushels, Europe who'll
100000 Argentina 9OOOOOOOO Asia as whole 400
10000 and Africa about 100000 The crop OF IN
United states has been stated holding nrst rank in m
value Of our farm outturn hay ranking second cotto
third and wheat fourth