74 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



... In tlie case of swine, the Bureau of the Census reported 58,186,000 on 

 April 15, 1910 ; on January 1, 1914, it is estimated that there were 58,933,000 in 

 the United States . . . 



"As compared with the census year 1910 it is estimated that the farm price 

 of cattle other than milch cows has increased from $19.07 to $31.13, or 63.2 per 

 cent . . . The price of sheep has decreased from an estimated average farm 

 value of $4.12 in 1910 to $4.04 in 1914 ; swine increased from $9.17 to $10.40 per 

 head in the same period, or 13.4 per cent. 



" The estimated total number of these 3 classes of meat animals on January 

 1, 1914, is 144.507,000 as compared with 1-51,812,000 in the census year of 1910, 

 or a decrease of 7,305,000 animals ; but because of the higher prices the present 

 farm value of these animals is estimated at $1,930,087,000 as compared with 

 $1,534,600,000 in the census year, or an increase in valuation of $395,487,000." 



Relatively to the population, which has increased from 91,972,000 to 98,646,000, 

 there is an accumulated shortage in the past 4 years of 3.5 per cent in the num- 

 ber of horses and 9.8 per cent in number of mules, 4.4 in milch cows, 19.2 in 

 other cattle, 11.6 in sheep, and 5.2 per cent in swine. The contributing causes to 

 the shortage in number of animals and the geographic redistribution of all 

 classes of farm animals are discussed. 



The per capita consumption of meat was 213.4 lbs. in 1900, 198.4 lbs. in 1909, 

 160.3 lbs. for 1914 ; and the total consumption was 16,220,000,000 lbs. in 1900, 

 17,966,000,000 lbs. in 1909, and as roughly estimated 15,810,000,000 lbs. of meat 

 in 1914. The total production of meat was 18,653,000,000 lbs. in 1900, 

 19,229,000,000 lbs. in 1909, and the estimate for 1914 is 16,675,000,000 lbs. Ex- 

 ports of meat decreased from 1900 to the fiscal year 1913 by 64.5 per cent. The 

 total number of cattle, including a few introduced for breeding purposes, im- 

 ported in 1912 was 318,372, in 1913, 421,649, and in the first 5 months of 1914, 

 404,313, almost entirely from Mexico and Canada. The imported sheep of 1912 

 number 23,588, for 1913, 15,428, and for the first 5 months of 1914, 75,620, 

 mostly from Canada. During the first 6 months of the fiscal year 1914, the im- 

 ports of beef and veal had a total of 33,645,364 lbs., of mutton and lamb 

 439,065 lbs., of pork 286,871 lbs., and of bacon and hams 116,130 lbs. Previous 

 imports have been very small. The principal countries contributing to the total 

 imported meat and meat products were in order of magnitude of contribution 

 Argentina, Canada, and Australia. 



A comparative table of old and new tarift rates on meat animals and the 

 principal meat and meat animal products is given. 



Live stock report, Chicago, 1913 (Union Stock Yard and Transit Co. Chi- 

 cago, Ann. Live Stock Rpt., 48 {1913), pp. 56). — This report gives the receipts 

 and shipments of live stock at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, for 1913, 

 together with a summary of receipts, shipments, and valuation of all live 

 stock during the past 48 years, the range in prices during the year for cattle, 

 horses, sheep, and hogs, and an account of the grand champion steers and car- 

 loads of fat cattle shown at the International Stock Show during the past 13 

 years. 



Beef production in the South, W. F. Waed and D. T. Gray ( U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Farmers' Bui. 580 {1914), pp. 20, figs. 9).— Popular instructions are given on 

 handling and feeding beef cattle, the best breeds for the South, and the best 

 pasture plants. Numerous cattle-feeding experiments, previously reported from 

 other sources, are cited. 



Experiments on the moorland pastures, B. Tacke {Landw. Jahrl)., 44 {1913), 

 A'o. 1-2, pp. 193-261, figs. 4). — This article reports results of extended experi- 

 ments covering a period of 7 years with steers and oxen pastured on drained 



