Show FARM main raz f BEEF CATTLE ARE FEWER ON farms increase seen as prices for me meat t are higher the beginning of alis bear found fewer beef crillo cattle on farms and ranges in the united states than at any previous time for half a century there were then only about head in the country under the influence of higher prices tor for beef tile the number Is now beginning to increase according to figures collected by C R arnold of the rural economics department of the ohio state university in tile the history of the beef cycle in the united states arnold has found that in 1805 more than beet beef cattle were on the farms and ranges of the country this number declined to about animals in 1004 1904 and then started up again under the influence of strengthening strengthen ini Int prices by 1007 tile the number hud hd again risen to about SS head low prices again caused a drop to about held head in 1914 war demands raised prices and the herds increased to it ii total of about head in 1919 sudden cessation of the war time demand dropped the price and numbers and prices declined together until they were exceptionally low from 1020 1920 to 1920 1926 the beef cattle ocle extends over a long period of years arnold points out because the number of catte cannot be increased as rapidly as the number of hogs or sheep it seems evident that we will have a larger number of cattle within the next nest few deurs but it seems doubtful that we can expect low prices for beet beef cattle for at least two or three years because the number which we tave have at the present time on ranges is so exceptionally low says arnold |