| OCR Text |
Show BIG HERDS GONE World War Wattes Europe's Meat Supply. Amerlcsn Stock Raisers Co-epsrate With Fooe Administration In Con- , servatlon Measures. . It Is probable that Europe for many 'years after the war. will look to a great extent to' America 'for Its meat supply. . f Europe's 'herds' are dwindling Under.' war's demands faster than tlicy can be replenished. 4 When tho German armies retired 'from occupied portions of franco and IlelRluin approximately 1,800,000 head of cattle were appropriated. This addition ad-dition virtually safeguarded Germany irom cattle shortage other nations now suffer. , In England some 2,400,000 acres of grass lands have by compulsory mens-ures mens-ures been forced Into grain production, thus reducing pasturage and hay lands. 'A declining scnlo of maximum meat' prices for live, cattle was ordained In Enirlnml. ns follows: For September. $17.70 per hundred pounds; October, $17.28; November and December, $10.08, and for January; $14.40. Tlia evident Intent of this measuro was to drive the beet animals Into market as sooh as possible According to official French figures, the cattle of France have decreased to. a total of 12341,000 as compared with 14,807,000 In 1013. Today, due to lack of forage principally, France Is producing pro-ducing only one gallon of milk where before the war two and one-half gat-Ions gat-Ions were produced. Meantime the United States food ad-' ministration has taken steps to conserve con-serve our flocks and herds and to In, crease their numbers. The stock breed-en breed-en of this country show a" disposition. to co-operate with the government In this. For many years It has been a practice prac-tice among many ot the, dairy people o'f this country to kill male calves at birth and In mnny Instances the females fe-males It not needed to replenish their herds rather Hum go to the expense ot maturing ilicm Into veal. The high prices of nieut caused the virtual discontinuance dis-continuance of this killing. Another' encouraslng fact Is 75 per cent of calves-killed for veal this year were fioiofthody has very aptly said that the- Wars .of the world have been won with grease, meaning that' bacon and lard have been as essential to success In war as powder, which lp' true. The hogs of Europe have been very greatly sacrificed to present day needs. This makes the American) burden all the more heavy and makes doubly essential es-sential an Increased pork production, In this nation. In Italy' grain Is" now forbidden to be fed to hogs. In Denmark Den-mark under a recent order one-fourth ot the' hogs were ordered to be killed. It' Is estimated that one-half have now been killed. i ! |
