Show increasing MEAT SUPPLY publics response to food administrators appeal shows astonishing results washington evidence that the public made general response to the food administrations appeal for increased production and decreased consumption of meat Is shown in statistics furnished the food administration 0 on n march 12 by the department of agriculture meat animals in the united states increased in the year ending january 1 1918 the increase consisting of cattle hogs and sheep inspections of beef for slaughter increased or per cent but inspections of hogs decreased creased per cent more than head and inspections of sheep fell off per cent approximately 2 head the gains in available meat indicated by these figures were what caused the food administration recently to relay relax restrictions on meat consumption so that there might be greater saving of wheat for export exports of all kinds of meat decreased during the year due to inc luck k of ships |