| Show cattle growers and farmers have real war job the nations cattle producers are the key men in the current tight meat situation the near rec ord numbers of beef animals on the nations farms and ranges offer the only source of increased supplies of meat in the near future the need is great for beef supplies to reach the market just as f fast ast as the animals are in slaughter condition producers are being urged to continue the heavy market marketing ingrate rate that they have already started in les es to the nations need for meat A record number of cattle calves sheep and lambs were marketed in the first quarter of the year to h help e I 1 p relieve the gap in meat ineat supplies created by the sharp drop in hog slaughter from last year 30 per cent down as a result of a 29 per cent drop in the 1944 pig crop below 1943 the combined military and civilian demand for meat is so strong that maximum marketing of livestock will not completely ratify demand even under the current tight rationing system producers have an opportunity to adjust numbers at good prices in contrast to previous experiences of the industry with high numbers MORE CHICKENS NEEDED since the quickest means of adding to the short meat supply is to increase the number of chickens iaiser for meat farmers are being urged arged to raise extra broods of chickens this spring to go to market before marketing starts anthe on the usual fall of red meats ata has contacted hatcheries to encourage them to expand their hatching operations this spring to provide the extra chieks chicks needed there been enough chickens for some time to meet the demand as a result of heavy military purchases which currently are taking practically all of the broilers in the four largest commercial producing areas and allot the canned chicken the smaller amount of red meats that will be available for civilian tables wi will I 1 I 1 automatically boost the chicken demand even higher |
