Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1919 — MEAT PRODUCERS DID FULL DUTY [ARTICLE]

MEAT PRODUCERS DID FULL DUTY

Increase in American Hogs WIN Hftlp tn Mpp.i Wnrid Fat Shortage. _ V ’ FARMERS SAVE SITUATION. Government Justified In ttlmutntlo® of Pork Production—B«V«nfold Increase Over Pre- • War Px Through Increased production and conservation we will be able this year to export seven times our pre-war average exports of. pork products With the heavy demands added in curing for the millions who have been freed from German oppression, the Department vs Agriculture and the Food Administration are justified today in our every action of stimulation of hog production. In the coming year the greatest world shortage will be ia fata, and pork will help to save this situation. The efficacy of the policy of stimulated production has built up in this country supplies which will eoeblo us to supply a very large part of the fat deficiency of " the world. Ia beef there must be a shortage in Europe, due largely to limited refrigerator ship capacity. All freezer ships available, however, will be filled by Argentine and Australia. The contribution made by the~pr» dueers of this country to the war program is applying particularly to animal food products la Illustrated by tbs following: Reports compiled by the U. S. Department of Agriculture Indicate an Increase in cattle of 10,238,000 head and 12,441,000 hogs. These figures were compiled to January 1 last. Ia this period there was a decrease fa sheep of 819,000 head. The indications are that this decrease will show an increase, according to recent reports. Blare January 1 unofficial information indicates an Increase In hogs of not lees than 8 per eent. and not more than 15 per cent, as compared the average weight. Following the request of the U. A Pood Administration for an Increase tn hog production for marketing In the fall of 1918 and the spring of 1919 tbe increase may yield not less than 1,600,000,000 pounds more of pork products then were available last year. Without this Increase the shipping program arranged by Mr. Hoover regarding animal food products would have been Impossible. The dressed hog products during the thre* mouths ending September 30, 1917, amounted to 903,172,000 pounds, while for the corresponding months of 1918 tbe dressed hog products totaled 1,277,589.000. an Increase of over 87A--000,000 pounds for the quarter. During the same period for 181 T thu records of Inspected slaughter of dressed beef showed 1,263,000,000 pounds as against 1.454,000,000 pounds for the three month period ending September 1, this year.