PROGRESSIVE BEEF CATTLE RAISING 

 PART VI 



The Cattle Industry 



As a producer of beef the United 

 The United States leads the world. The Census 



States Position of January i, 1920, reports 66,652,559 

 in Beef cattle, of which 35,424,458 were beef 



Production animals. These exceeded the nearest 



competitive beef country by 44 per- 

 cent. For the present, the relative figures on cattle, 

 including milk and draft animals as well as beef, were 

 given as follows by the U. S. Department of Agriculture : 



India 142,567,000 



United States 66,653,000 



Brazil 37,500,000 



Argentina 27,392,000 



Germany 16,904,000 



France 12,374,000 



Australia 1 1 ,040,000 



Canada 9,477,000 



Uruguay 7,803,000 



Not all these countries are meat surplus countries, 

 however, as many of them consume more than they pro- 

 duce. The eight principal meat export countries are 

 Argentina, United States, Australia, Uruguay, New Zea- 

 land, Brazil, Canada, and British South Africa. 



During the war America exported 

 The American large quantities of beef which per- 

 Beef Export mitted high prices to the producer. 

 Trade During the five years 1910-1914 the 



average exports of beef products 

 totaled 80,000,000 pounds, while during the five years 



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