. Yearbook of agriculture . 1 l\ 1 \ ) / I ^ 1 1 1 1 1 1 \ 1 \ X, 1 l ^1 \ >5 1 ^ 1 v L * V i 1 1 ! V L 1 1 1 1 ?W H 1 , 1 ^X-x-U-t^ ,v - 1 ^L^VTv ~\ c A:ill ~.^ 1 ^yi \ 1 A^ •^ 1 \ V \ \i f / \ ^> \ 2 OOo oooooooo -J — = o S = 0 :S-7. ^^ 7:0 3 ?* a ^ c ? > .5. ^ h5„ o Ic3 ?5 Te: _ — 3 t4 Oi* ^ — —a ^ £ o a^ ^ U K O _ S3 ® o ^, ^ J ?, 320 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1921. bined, and more than 1,100,000 in 1921. Meanwhile theslaughter of calves, which had increased in numbers beyondprevious records from 191-4 to 1918, increased almost 1,300,000in 1919 and almost 200,000
. Yearbook of agriculture . 1 l\ 1 \ ) / I ^ 1 1 1 1 1 1 \ 1 \ X, 1 l ^1 \ >5 1 ^ 1 v L * V i 1 1 ! V L 1 1 1 1 ?W H 1 , 1 ^X-x-U-t^ ,v - 1 ^L^VTv ~\ c A:ill ~.^ 1 ^yi \ 1 A^ •^ 1 \ V \ \i f / \ ^> \ 2 OOo oooooooo -J — = o S = 0 :S-7. ^^ 7:0 3 ?* a ^ c ? > .5. ^ h5„ o Ic3 ?5 Te: _ — 3 t4 Oi* ^ — —a ^ £ o a^ ^ U K O _ S3 ® o ^, ^ J ?, 320 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1921. bined, and more than 1,100,000 in 1921. Meanwhile theslaughter of calves, which had increased in numbers beyondprevious records from 191-4 to 1918, increased almost 1,300,000in 1919 and almost 200,000 in 1920, but decreased in 1921. This unusually large slaughter of calvesin 1919 and 1920 contrasts strangely with the abrupt declinein cattle slaughter during the same period. It is accountedfor partly bj the droughty conditions in the West, whichinduced heavy marketings of young stock during 1919, and TOTAL CATTLE ON FARMS AND CALF CROP COMPARED WITH CATTLE AND CALVES SLAUGHTERED 1909-1921. Fig. 75.—The trt-nd of cattle production and slaughter downward until1914. The downward trend in production was checked by a larger calfcrop in that year and by still larger calf crops from 1915 to 191S. In 191Gthe slaughter increased and about two years later exceeded the calf calf crop began to decrease after 1918, but the number of calvesslaughtered continued to increase until 1919. This resulted in a reductionof the number of cattle on farms after 1919. (See Fig. 76.) the considerabh higher prices for calves than for moremature cattle. In other words the stagnant condition of the industry re-s,ulting from the termination of war-time consumption wasrelieved by the liquidation of the calves and light cattle forwhich the market demand and price were more favorablethan for mature and heavy cattle. AVhile the number ofcattle has decreased the situation is not as serious as mightappear, since the number of cattle is greater now than in anyyear from
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