Mercur Miner | 1907-10-23 | Page 8 | Consumption of Meat

H CONSUMPTION OF MEAT. H Has Declined In the United States In H Last Seventy Years. H Washington. A capital of $10,025,- H, 000,000 Is directly concorncd In tho Hj raising of meat animals and their H slaughtering and packing, according to !a report on moat Biipply Issued by tho department of ugrlculturo. This H mount la nvo-slxths as largo as atl H tho capital Invested In manufacturing H in 1901. Tho flock ot meat animals H hSH Increased slnco 1840, but Imb not H kopt pace with tho Increased popula- H tlon. Tho report adds: "That meat H 'consumption per capita has declined f 'in this countiy Btnco 1840 Is plainly" l .Indicated."