Show NEED DID BIG HERDS Europe's Meat Supply Must Come From America Warring Nations Have J D Depleted LIveStock Live LiveStock LiveStock Stock at Enormous Rate Eve Killing Dairy alry Cattle For Fo Food American stock breeders are being asked to conserve their flocks and herds In order to meet Europe's tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- demands for tor meats during the war and probably for tor many years afterward The United United States food adminis administration reports that American stock raisers have shown a disposition to tocO cO operate co-operate with the government In Increasing Increasing increasing In In- creasing the nations nation's supply of ot live stock Germany today Is probably better supplied With live stock than any other other other oth oth- er European nation When the German German German Ger Ger- man armies made their big advance Into France and then retreated virtually virtually virtually vir vir- vir- vir all nIl the cattle In the Invaded territory approximately head were head were driven behind the German I lines Unes But In England where England where acres of pasture lands have been turned turned turned turn turn- ed Into grain fields the fields the cattle herds are decreasing rapidly One of the reasons apparently is the declining maximum price scale adopted by the English h as Ill JI For September I 1776 1776 per p pounds pound's October 1128 November and ancl December 1608 Jan- Jan j lary 1440 The effect of thE these se prices was to drive beef animals anima s on the market market market mar mar- ket as as' soon as possible In France the number of cattle as aswell aswell aswell well as the quality have shown shown-an shown an enormous decline du during ing the war Avar Where France had head Bead of cattle in 1913 1313 she now has or only ly 12 a decrease of per cent I And France France Is today producing only one gallon of milk compared to two and one-half one gallons before the war Denmark and Holland have hare been forced to sacrifice dairy herds for beef bec because use of the lack of necessary feed Close study of f the European Europe n meat situation has convinced the Food Admin Administration Administration Ad Ad- min ministration that the future problem of America lies larg largely ly In the production production tion of of meat producing animals and dairy products rather th thi than h i In the production production pro pro pro- of cereals for export when the war will have ceased ceased |