Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-03-19 | Page 24 | Americans Break Beef Eating Record

I AMERICANS BREAK BEEF EEF EATING RECORD WASHINGTON March 1 19 AP The The American people broke their own own record for eating beef last year but they ate less pork Department of agriculture figures figures fig fig- ures made public today gave the thet J t Consumption of beef per capita at 1431 1 31 pounds against the year fore Pr Production of beef bee was was was' a pounds against i. i in 1924 jl I 2 The 1925 per capita consumption j Jor pork was pounds against rt 1St 3 3 the year before before- The total 6 production was pounds 3 The decline ivas was as attrib attributed ted to the reduction of V in the swine f 5 for tor r 1925 it Production of dressed veal Ne reached the record figures figur s of one ohe tw billion pounds in 1925 Production of mutton and antI lambs inci increased eased I ss s's slightly 01