Show MORE LIVE STOCK for the first time in many malyj years information collected by I 1 the U S department of agri culture shows that all classes of live stock in the united states cifes are increasing in numbers thus the real facts contradict absolutely sensational reports that prices for meat and shoes would rise to unprecedented figures in the immediate future it has even been said that a government statistician predicted meat at SO 50 cents a pound and shoes at 10 a pair within the next t two wo years such a predictions prediction the real government statisticians say is quite unwarranted on january 1 for example the number of beef cattle showed an increase of 34 per cent over the number a year ago and an actual increase of head hitherto the number of beef cattle in the united states has declined steadily since 1910 there are also more cows in the co country 1 than last year the increase being 25 per cent or in numbers swine however showed the 1 greatest in crease of all classes 96 per cent on january 1 1914 there were only swine in the country on january 1 1915 1 this is acco accounted u for by the fact that th production of swine can be increased more rapidly than that of other classes I 1 of bf live stock and consequently an enlarged demand can be met more readily I 1 |