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Since .Tnnuary 1 unofficial Information Indicates an Increase in hogs of not less than eight per cent, and not more than fifteen per cent, compared ] with one year ago, with an Increase in average weight.Following the request of the Food j f Administration for increase in hog, i production for the fall of 1018 and the spring of 1919 the Increase may yield I not less than 1,600,000;000 pounds more of porlt products than were available last year. Without this in-| crease the shipping program arranged ' by Mr. Hoover regarding animal food : products would have been impossible. | The dressed hog products during the three months ending September 80, | 1017, amounted to 903,172,000 pounds, while for the same months of 1918 the production was 1,277,589,000 pounds, an increase of over 374,000,000 pounds for the quarter.I During the same period In 1917 in-j spected slaughter records of dressed i beef showed 1,263,000,000 pounds as I against 1,454,000,000 pounds for the three month period ending September 1, this year.We must increase our meat shipments, especially our pork products, to meet the added demands of the mil-j lions liberated from German oppression. And ut the same time we must look forward to the rehabilitation of the European meat herds. The policy j which guJded our meat program In the j past year has been fully Justified, for only the heavy pork production which , It bus brought about will enable ub even partly to satisfy, the increased demands on us for the coming year. There will be a world shortage in fats, and It is to the United States that Europe must look to supply its deficiency. At the same time there will continue to be heavy demands for beef. Owing to the limited refrigerator shipping capacity European imports of beef for some time will be limited. The United States, Australia and Argentine will be able to maintain a supply that will keep all available freezer vessels operating at capacity.
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Upper Des Moines Republican
Algona, Iowa, US
Wed, Jan 01, 1919
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