Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-03-04 | Page 1 | We Are Eating More Beef

Ve nre Eating More Beef. George M Rommel, expert ln the animal ani-mal Industrs bureau of the Department of Agriculture, oddresalnB the nnnual meeting of the Central Shorthorn association asso-ciation In Kansas City, made the statement state-ment that Americans are now eating more beef, comparatively, than ever before, be-fore, and less pork nnd mutton. Continuing, Con-tinuing, he said there were more cattle ln the countrs now In proportion to population than ever before, and that the supposition that the number of beef cattlo was Browing smaller has been based on estimates that must have been very far from correct. Mr. Itommol sold that the number of beef cattle, not Including dalr) stock, has shown n steady Increase for the past llfty senrn a fact thnt was n cause of gieat surprise to the Department nf Agrlculluie In 18j0 Iheie were he said, 491 beef cattlo to evers 1000 persons, while now the proportion was rsi to 1000.