White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-09-07
ALL U. S. BEEF
USED AT HOME
This Country No Longer Source
of Meat Supply for
Great Britain.
WORLD HAS LESS SHEEP
Decided Decrease in Numbers Since
World War-England's Live
stock Estimate.


States to point at which the do
nestle market has become large
enough to absorb the country's normal
beef production is the chief reason
why American beef is no longer an
important source of supply for Great
Britain, says Charles j. Brand, mar
keting specialist for the department
of agriculture, who recently studied
the meat trade situation in Europe.
Another factor working against an in
crease in our beef exports, he de-
clares, is the lower cost of beef pro
duction in countries like Argentina
which are still in the pioneer stage.
The most important factor in Mr..
Brands opinion, is the relatively high
cost of beef production in the United
States compared with it's cost in coun-
tries now in the pioneer stage. This
fact, he says, has convinced the meat
trade of Great Britain that the future
will see greater and greater produc-
ton in Argentina, until the supply
from that country overshadows that
from any other source. Next in i'm
portance as sources of additional sup
plies are Australia and New Zealand
At the present time the United
States is almost exactly self-sufficient
in the matter of it's beef supply. AS
the country becomes more industrial
lied, home consumption will be In.
creased. Whether in that case. the
livestock grower will have any strong
| motive to engage in competition for
the export trade will be determined,
says Mr.. Brand, by many factors,
among which he cites the possibility
of more efficient beef production
methods coming into use, the younger
age at which beef cattle are now
slaughtered, and the relation of the
dairy industry to cattle raising gen
orally.
| The estimated number of sheep in
the world, previous to the "Great
World War" 1914 to 1918, was $751;
5000 The estimates for 1921 place
the total at 465,S95, 1000. The number
listed for the United States is &c..
048,000, loss in eight years of 49,
671 900. AS there is a decided in
crease in the market demand for lamb
and mutton, there would seem to be
no danger of over like number of peo-
pie anywhere else in the world.
The livestock estimates for Eng
and and Wales on August 1, 1928,
show a decrease for horses but in
creases for cattle, sheep and hogs.
There were 1,281,O0O horses compared
with 100000 last year. The number
of cattle is estimated at $4,000
compared with 5,723,OOO last year,
sheep 13,S31,OOO compared with 49,
$4,000 last year and hogs 2,611, 900
compared with 100000 last year.
The need for simple yet complete
accounting records by livestock ship
ping associations is emphasized in a
new bulletin published by the United
States Department of Agriculture en-
titled Accounting Records and Bust
ness Methods for Live Stock Ship
ping Associations" The bulletin rec
dc 81 4
that is based on the methods used by
shipping associations in various parts
of the country and which experience
has demonstrated as sound and prac-
tical, and capable of being adapted to
a wide range of conditions and meth
DDS of operation.