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outset that the principal reason for decline of the beef industry- 

 east of the Alleghenies has been the use of the refrigerator car and 

 the packing of beef in tin cans to be shipped from the West. 

 Market conditions may change in the future so that the industry 

 may flourish again as previously. 



One thing should be mentioned to correct a popular miscon- 

 ception of the history of the beef industry; namely, that as popu- 

 lation increases in a region the beef industry must of necessity 



Fig. 570.— The Beef Type 



be abandoned. European statistics show a marked increase in the 

 number of beef cattle raised, in spite of the fact that their 

 methods of farming have become more intensive with each 

 generation. 



The experiments with feeding beef cattle in the South show that 

 it can be done with profit; and, with the eradication of the tick, 

 the number of cattle beinff raised there is increasing. The Ala- 

 bama Station reports from various feeding trials in 1909 a profit 

 from feeding steers of $7.71 per steer. The ration used in most 



