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Show U. S. Meat Production Tops 22 Billion Lbs. More than 22H billion pounds of meat were produced in the United States in 1945, with about 400 federally fed-erally inspected plants furnishing 5 billion, 50 million pounds of meat for the army, lerd-lease. other relief re-lief needs and about 10H billion pounds for the domestic civilian trade. About S3 million meat animals were dressed in federally inspected meat packing plants during the year. Compared with operations in 1944, meat animals coming to market mar-ket in 1945 were fewer by 30 million hogs, 700.000 fewer sheep and lambs and 800.000 fewer calves. However, there were 700,000 more cattle dressed. Meat packers and other slaughterers paid out more than five billion dollars to farmers and ranchers ranch-ers for live animals. |