The world's meat futureAn account of the live stock position and meat prospects of all leading stock countries of the world, with full lists of freezing works . with whichto feed her own people. What do we see now? The numberof cattle marketed during last year was 12,278,000 in the nineprincipal markets—it was the largest in the history of thecountry, but, in spite of this, there were more cattle on the farmsat the end of the year than at the commencement. The exportsof fresh beef from the United States increased from 6,400,000lbs. in 1914 to 231,000,000 lbs. in 1916. The exports of baconin th
The world's meat futureAn account of the live stock position and meat prospects of all leading stock countries of the world, with full lists of freezing works . with whichto feed her own people. What do we see now? The numberof cattle marketed during last year was 12,278,000 in the nineprincipal markets—it was the largest in the history of thecountry, but, in spite of this, there were more cattle on the farmsat the end of the year than at the commencement. The exportsof fresh beef from the United States increased from 6,400,000lbs. in 1914 to 231,000,000 lbs. in 1916. The exports of baconin the same period increased from 194,000,000 lbs. to 667,000,000lbs. The total weight of all beef products exported from theUnited States in 1917 was 411,000,000 lbs. The weight of porkproducts was 1500 million pounds. The average amount perhead received for beef carcases and by-products was £19/7 this sum, £17/11/7 was paid to the grower, 10/8 for killing,dressing, etc., 9/7 for freight, 10/3 for selling expenses, and 5/5represented profit. Frozen meat in storage on July 1st, 1918, in-creased per cent., and frozen pork increased , as com-. A United States Shorthorn at thirty-six shows. 122 THE WORLDS MEAT ECTIhE pared with 1917. Tliese remarkable figures show what Americanstockmen can and will do when called upon in some stockbreeder in the United States is not likely to be handi-capped by the Government fixing a maximum i)rice for meat. Infixing a i)rice for fat cattle, should such a thing have to occur, aminimum price slioidd be guaranteed, and the cost of rearing andfattening, of course, taken into account at the time. To the ordinary mind price control carries with it the ideaof keeping prices down, while, as a matter of fact, it is produc-tion and not price that is important at a time like the control should mean stabilizing and fixing prices on abasis which will insure the greatest production, and thusautomatically
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