PROGRESSIVE BEEF CATTLE RAISING 



ing the succeeding years the changes in the center of beef 

 cattle, dairy cattle and all cattle were as follows : 



Beef Cattle Dairy Cattle All Cattle 



1850 Richmond, Ky. Crown Center, O. Morehead, Ky. 

 1860 Lowes, Ky. Independence, Ky. Henderson, Ky. 



1870 Bixby, Mo. Liberty, Ind. Fairfield, 111. 



1880 Vienna, Mo. Greencastle, Ind. Greenville, 111. 



1890 Creighton, Mo. Oakland, 111. Jefferson City, Mo. 



1900 Waverly, Kan. Urbana, 111. Lamonte, Mo. 



1910 Eskridge, Kan. Clinton, 111. Marshall, Mo. 



1920 Ellsworth, Kan. London Mills, 111. Carrollton, Mo. 



All of these locations are approximate as the center is 

 sometimes ten miles or more distant from these towns. 



Just how much dependence can be placed on the census 

 figures for "other cattle" as a measure of beef cattle is 

 not known. "Other cattle" include that portion of the 

 dairy population not actually producing milk at the time 

 census figures are collected, while many cows of beef 

 breeding that were being milked at that time are probably 

 always included under dairy cattle. Since there seems 

 to be no way of compensating for these errors, the fore- 

 going centers have been calculated by taking the census 

 figures at their face value. 



The following figures show the total 

 The Consump- slaughter of beef and veal in the United 

 tion of Beef States and the per capita consumption 



of each : 



Slaughter Per capita consumption 



Veal Ibs. 



7,310,000,000 2,000,000 79.7 7.1 



1908 6,676,000,000 605,000,000 72.4 6.8 



1909 7,071,000,000 684,000,000 76.2 7.5 



1910 7,323,000,000 687,000,000 78.1 7.4 



1911 7,036,000,000 657,000,000 73 .9 7.0 



1912 6,509,000,000 668,000,000 67.5 7.0 



1913 5,913,000,000 488,000,000 60.8 5.0 



1914 5,639,000,000 433,000,000 58.9 4.4 



1915 5,816,000,000 428,000,000 55.6 4.3 



1916 6,118,000,000 536,000,000 58.1 5.3 



1917 6,686,000,000 662,000,000 62.0 6.5 



1918 7,641,000,000 726,000,000 67.8 7.0 



1919 6,571,000,000 851,000,000 60.0 8.1 



1920 6,111,000,000 909,000,000 56.4 8.5 



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