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Show MEAT PRODUCERS DID FULL D'JTY Increase in American Hogs Will Help to Meet World Fat Shortage. FARMERS SAVE SITUATION. Government Justified In Stimulation of Pork Production Sevenfold Increase Over Pre War Exports. Through Incrensed production and conservation we will be able this year to export seven times our pre-war avcrnue exports of pork products. With the heavy demands added In car-In:, car-In:, for the millions who have Imcii freed from German oppression, tho IiepHrtnient of Agriculture nnd the I'ooil Administration are Justlhed today to-day In our every action of stimulation N hog production. In the coining year the greatest world shortage will he In fats, and pork will help to nave this situation. The etBcaey of the policy of stimulated production has built up la this country supplies which will en-nhle en-nhle us to supply a very large part of the fat deficiency of the world. In beef there must be a shortage In I'u-rope, I'u-rope, due largely to limited refrigerator refrigera-tor ship capacity. All freezer ships available, however, will be tilled by America, Argentine and Australlu. The contribution made by the producers pro-ducers of this country to the war program pro-gram as applying particularly to animal ani-mal food products IVIllustraled by tho following : i Reports compiled by the U. S. Department De-partment of Agriculture indicate an Increase In cattle of 10,238.000 head and 12,441,000 bogs. These figures were compiles! to January 1 Inst. In this period tbere was a decrease In sheep of 810,000 bead. Tho Indications Indica-tions are that this decrease will show an Increase, according to recent ro ports. Since January 1 unofficial Information Informa-tion Indicates an Increase In hogs of not less than 8 per cent, and not more than 15 per cent, as compared with one year ago. with an Increase la the average weight Following the request of the 0. S. Food Administration for an Increase In hog production for market ing In l lie fall of 1918 and the spring or l'.tr.t the Increase may yield not less than 1,000,. 000,000 pounds more of pork products than were available last year. Without With-out this Increase the shipping program arranged by Mr. Hoover regarding animal an-imal food products would have heeu Impossible. The dressed hog products during the three moilths ending September 30, 1917, amounted to 003,1 72,000 pounds, while for the corresponding months of 1918 the dressed hog products totaled 1,277,589,000, an Increase of over 371,-000,000 371,-000,000 pounds for the quarter. During the same period for 1917 the records of Inspected slaughter of dressed beef showed 1.203,000,000 pounds as against 1,454,000,000 pounds for the three month period ending September 1, this year. |