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Show Number of Cattle In Nation Increases Record Total Indicated; Swine Crop Nears Peak , According to a late department of agriculture survey, the number of beef cattle and swine on the nation's na-tion's farms is near an all-time record. rec-ord. The department estimates th4 country beef-cattle may total 65, 400,000 by January 1, 1952. This would be 5,800,000 more than last January 1, and 7,600,000 more than at the wartime peak of 1945. Dairy cattle, a source of calf meat and processed meats, but not NATION'S CATTLE INVENTORY MILLIONS I I I 0 z? 85 , CjV eo 75 70 " to y s5k: 50 1 1 1945 1950 1951 1952 (Est.) The above chart gives an indication in-dication of the upward curve of ; beef production in the nation during the past few years. significant as a source of beef, are excluded from these figures. With this rise in beef cattle, all cattle would increase from the 80,000,000 level of 1950, and the 84,200,000 level of 1951, to between 90,000,000 and 91,000,000. The department estimated the 1951 pig crop, which will come to market from the middle of September Septem-ber on,' is the second highest in the nation's history. The crop is estimated at 106,000,000 pigs, or 5 per cent greater than the 1950 crop. Pork production, 5 to 10 per cent larger than last year, is expected to continue until next March. Chickens, Chick-ens, too, are at record levels. |