Show FARM X ARM TOPICS lipics UPWARD TREND IN FARM LIVE STOCK not until 1940 or 1941 will average be reached by it R C ashby chief in live stock marketing university of illinois service not until 1940 or 1941 will live stock numbers be back to average based on the outlook tor for meat animals according to the united states bureau of agricultural economics the trend in all live stock numbers is expected to be upward during the next few years with the lar larger ger production of feed in 1937 expected to result in an expansion in hog production and in cattle feeding in 1933 1938 it if feed crop prod production action in n t the e nex next t three or four years is equal to average supplies of feed will be large in relation to number of live stock and live stock prices will be high in relation to feed prices such a situation would be the reverse ot of that which has existed in most of the past tour four years total supplies of meats excluding poultry are expected to be larger in 1938 but will continue to be less than average the increase in total supplies of meats will likely come in the last halt half of the year and will be largely in pork and the better grades of beet beef it appears now that consumer demand for meats in 1933 probably vill be somewhat less favorable than in 1937 the weaker demand and larger supplies probably tending toward a lower level of meat and live stock prices because of the drouth of 1934 and 1936 the volume of pork produced in the past three years has been much below average As a result the total production of meats in th this is period has been much below average production of beet beef and veal has been somewhat larger than average since 1933 if feed crop production continues near the 1937 level during the next few years the trend in pork production will be upward but such production probably wili will not reach a level equal to the average before 1941 |