Show Number of Cattle In Nation Increases Record Total Swine Crop Nears Peak According to a late department of agriculture the number of beef cattle and swine on the nation's farms Is near an all-time The department estimates th country beef-cattle may total by January This would be more than last January and more than at the wartime peak of Dairy a source of calf meat and processed but not NATION'S CATTLE INVENTORY I I o SI TS- o 75 TO s V SO 1 1 1943 1950 1952 The above chart gives an Indication of the upward curve of beef production In the nation during the past few significant as a source of are excluded from these With this rise in beef all cattle would increase from the level of and the level of to between and The department estimated the 1951 pig which will come to market from the middle of September is the second highest In the nation's The crop is estimated at or 5 per cent greater than the 1950 Pork 5 to 10 per cent larger than last is expected to continue until next ore at record |