Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1918 — MEAT INCREASE AT TIME NEEDED [ARTICLE]

MEAT INCREASE AT TIME NEEDED

Producers Responded Nottf When Demand Was Shown _ to Them. ? CATTLE AND HOG FIGURES. Government Justified In Pork Polley Which Nov/ Provides Chief Bvpply to Meet Three Billion J Pound Fat Shortage. , In line with the general plan of servatlon formulated by the U. S. Food Administration immediately following the entrance of the United States Inta the war the contribution made by tha meat producers of this country to tha war program Is of particular significance, as It demonstrates the hearty co-operation accorded the Food Administration by the meat producers of the country. According to reports of the U. &. Department of Agriculture, there was an increase In cattle of !0,238,000 head and 12,441,000 hogs, these figures compiled to January 1 last. In the same period there was a decrease of 810,000 head of sheep, but indications are thia decrease will show an Increase following the latest reports. Since January 1 unofficial information Indicates an increase in hogs of not less than eight per cent, and not more than fifteen per cent, compared with*one yqsr ago, with an Increase in average weight. Following the request of the Food Administration for Increase In hog production for the fall of 1918 and tho spring of 1919 the Increase may yield not less than 1,000,000,000 pounds more of pork products than 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 ths three months ending September 80, 1917, amounted to 903,172,000 pounds, while for the same months of 1918 ths production was 1,277,589,000 pounds, an Increase of over 374,000,000 pounds for the quarter.

During the same period in 1917 Inspected slaughter records of dressed beef showed 1,203,000,000 pounds as against 1,454,000,000 pounds for tha three month period ending September 1, this year. We must Increase our meat shipments, especially our pork products, to meet the added demands of the millions liberated fromJarman oppression. And at the same time we must look forward to the rehabilitation of the European meat herds. The policy which guided our meat program in ths past year has been fully Justified, for only the heavy pork production which It has brought about will enable UM even partly to satisfy the Increased demands on us for the coming year. There will be n world shortage In fat% and It is to the United States that BJi> rope must look to supply Its deficiency. At the same time there will contlnue to be heavy demands for beat Owing to the limited refrigerator shipping capacity European Imports of beef for some time will be limited. The United States, Australia and Argentine will be able to maintain a supply that will keep all available freezer vessels operating at capacity.