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Show MEAT PRODUCTION Nation's Packers Store Meat Surplus The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture reports the nation's meat production pro-duction continues to grow faster than the consumer can take it off the markets. Production in late February was estimated at 22 per cent higher than at the same time a year ago. Heavy marketing of lambs, sheep and hogs is reported in many marketing mar-keting centers. During one week in late February 1,464,000 hogs were slaughtered by packers, compared with only 1,044,000 during the same week a year before. There has been a sharp slaughter increase also in sheep and lambs with storage at a record high. Beef stocks in storage were up 17,000,000 pounds in January of this year, compared with the previous month. |