Show Slaughter of cattle calves hogs hogsand hogsand I and sheep by Lo- Lo Loan Lao Angeles count county pickers p in III September was as the largest for that month on record and the slaughter of cattle hogs and sheep for the first nm nine months month hc I is JS also far in m excess or of 3 any y corres corres- corresponding corresponding I period in Ul the h history tory of Los I LosI Angeles This statement nt might appe appear r to be besom som somewhat hat startling to those who ho have bave not closely followed follo the Los Angeles market during the past year car carThe The fact that t slaughter in m Los An- An Angeles An Angeles geles has shown sucha such a remarkable i increase actually increase actually actually amounting to a 50 per 50 per cent increase during tho the past years ears years is the result of ever m- m increasing in increasing creasing population which has been on at a remarkable pace even I evenI during the period of depression which has existed during the past twelve twelvemonths twelvemonths months in most parts of the United States tes The remarkable increase in m meat consumptIOn also reflects the value alue of modern modem business methods pursued b by meat distributors in m Southern California in which ad advertising has les Angele-les taken a very active e part Los Angele- Angele Ies meat advertising campaign has the attention of the lIve livestock livestock stock and meat industry allover all over the countr country It has consisted of a com com- comprehensIVe comprehensive comprehensive campaign paid for by meat packers the Los Angeles Union Umon Stock Yards and the livestock commISSIon men This campaign has been n based largely on the health of meat and the fact that th 97 7 per cent of ph physicians in m Southern California recommend meat Ineat in m the dIet Retailers have e followed ed up thIS general advertising campaign with newspaper ne advertIsements coupled with fair prices One re taller retailer recently opened a up new mar ket market andin and mono in one day sold meat to more than persons Probably one of the most import Import- important ant reasons for increased meat consumption con con- consumptIon con consumption has been the 10 lower er scale of pr pries prices es wh h ch has bas prevailed for livestock ll yet ct many point out that improved Cd quality qu has been mainly responsible as prices of many commodities have been reduced reduced ed cd to relatively 10 lower er levels than meats September When w we e consider that the thc Septem Septem- ber consumption of this year vear ear was more than double that for the same month in m 19 and nd the increase m in pork consumption almost as a'S great in proportIon believe behee it is less difficult to be lieve he that Lo Loa Angeles is destined to become one of the greatest livestock h centerS of the country This slaughtered Los Angeles county will have yr virtually cattle and cal cal- cales cal calves ties ves hoge and sheep and lambs account for more than 10 per cent of the slaughter of the en- en entIre entire en entire tire state and making it one of the largest slaughtering centers an in th the countr country I |