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Show i ? ANflNCREASE OE T , : . MEAT ANIMALS il t ' RepirU based on figures from the 1 Department ot Agriculture show that 1 Jaaaary 1, 1918, tbe number of ,1 meat animals In tbe United States I waa greater by more tban 6,000.000 . I head, than It was January 1, 1917. Tke iiumber ot inspections, for M elaugMer indlcato a decrease In tbe ' COMUMBtlon. V JThe:jmraraary shows tbe total ' number of cattle la the United katesL;Janarjr'l. 1918, was 66,830,- M Ottan lamiwe of 1,247,000 head M the dayNthe year before. V '; jtacreaaed 8,781,000 head, or t '''7 per' eeat. The Increase In sheep '.was ll,J84.000 head or 2.7 per cent. gfl rat |