| Show I Slaughter of cattle calves hogs hogsand I and and sheep by Los Ins Angeles county I packers in September was the largest for that month on record and the I slaughter of cattle hogs and sh sheep p I for the first mine months of the year js is also far in excess es cess of any ny corres corres- corresponding corresponding corresponding period in th the tha history of Los I LosI Angeles This statement might appear to be sO somewhat ew t startling to those who have not closely followed the Los f Angeles market during the past year I The fact that slaughter in Los An- An AnI Angeles An Angeles I geles has s shown such a remarkable I increase actually actually amounting to a 50 per 50 per cent increase during the past II eight years is years is the result of ever in- in increasing increasing in increasing I creasing population which has been I evenI going on at a 1 remarkable pace even during the period of depression which I has existed during the past twelve twelvemonths twelvemonths twelvemonths months in most parts of the tho United States I IThe The remarkable increase in meat I consumption also o reflects the value alue of modern business methods pursued by meat distributors in Southern California in which advertising has les taKen a very active part Los Angelo Angelo- leg lea meat advertising campaign has the attention of the live live- livestock livestock livestock stock and me meat t industry allover all over the country It con consist 1 c campaign pid pidu paid u f for r rb b by meat packers the Los Angeles Union Stock Yards the arid and the livestock commission men This campaign has been heen ba based d largely on on n the health he Value of meat arid the h fact that 7 07 per cent of physicians ns in Southern California recommend m meat at in the diet Retailers have followed up this general advertising campaign with extensive newspaper r advertisements coupled with fair prices One re- re retailer retailer re retailer recently opened up a new mar mar- ket market an and in one day sold meat to more than persons I Probably one of the most import import- important important important conI ant reasons for increased ased meat con con- consumption consumption I has the lower scale of IJ prices res which has prevailed d for forli J li estock yet many point out that improved quality has been mainly responsible as prices of commodities have been reduced edito ed edito to relatively lower levels than meats When we consider that the Septem Septem- September ber consumption of this year was more than double that for the same month in 1922 and the increase in pork consumption almost as a'S great in proportion it is less difficult to be- be believe be believe lieve that Los Los Angeles is destined to become one of the greatest livestock centers of the country This year ye Los slaughtered Angeles county will have virtually cattle and calves cal cal- calves cal calves ves hoge and sheep and lambs account for more than 40 per cent of the slaughter of the en- en entire entire en entire tire state and m making king it one of the largest slaughtering centers in an the country |
