| Show 9 ae i e S to ahron I 1 there were 1 pounds ot of meat consumed in the united sa s1 ates last year rear this Is pounds short ot of the year year before the lower iona being attributed to the short ll 11 beet f supply thi indicate indicates Indic atea lia 1 tendency on the part ot of tile consuming public toward eating less moat meat as there was an all increase of 0 pounds of pork co consumed as compared with the preceding year it is anticipated that will show allow a substantial in cr creasella casein lamb mutton and pork per capita consumption and possibly a decrease in fit beet beef due to continued short supplies A reaction has set in in fit tile the hog market accompanied by strengthening prices in tile the tace face ot of continued bontly aed heavy marke marketing tini s bearing out predictions earlier in the ye year ar it if the cattle p market holds reasonably steady indications are that hog prices should be satisfactory tor for the next several months the cattle market lias has weakened 6 in the last few weeks due largely to lessened son demand resulting from present price levels tills this Is a situation which is usually experienced in any food stutt stuff when it reaches it a certain price level as tho the housewife who Is the purchasing agent ot of the nation Is a good shopper and when she thinks prices are more reasonable on one olio commodity than on oil a not lier she turns to that product the corn situation has been helpful to livestock producers during the past year and the returns for corn were excellent for fat farmers mers who had corn of ahe he right quality the present high prices tor for corn have of course helped live stock prices the present high price of corn is likely to result in a heavy acreage during the coming season and it if a good crop is had the price la is likely to be low thal will mean cheap lood food tor for tile the corn belt feeder which can likely be turned into higher livestock and the heavy ot of the past tow few months Is likely to result in a trong strong s undertone on oil all classes of live stock tor for the balance ot of the year veen it if cheap corn Is available avail ablo this situation would of course put tile tho feeders in a desirable position in the past few months it was estimated that beet steers were 51 50 per cent higher and lambs cambs 10 40 per cent higher than a year ago but that hogs were 30 percent lower in the taco face ot of this the return loathe hog ralser would not seem so satisfactory but it is stated that in spite ot of this thia do de dine cline in prices the larger number of hogs marketed has to some extent offset the decline in price in the amount of money received by producers tor for their hog prod fiction and it Is estimated that money received for hogs during the year was less than 10 per cent smaller than ilie the preceding year ilog hog supplies have been materially cut down by heavy and it would appear that the hog producer was in fit a desirable position at least for the next several months the consuming public should consider that while prices for beet may appear high the prosperous condition of the country makes it possible to pay a price that will give satisfactory return to the producer we should not forget that the tha industry is just recovering front from the disastrous post war liquidation days and it is going to take a reasonable period with such returns as the industry has now received to in a measure offset the losses incurred during that time arid and from au an economic standpoint alt all branches of agriculture and industry are bound to benefit by tile the return of the cattle industry to a profitable basis |
