CHAPTER V 



THE world's meat trade 



The world's meat trade does not admit of so 

 concise a summary as that of wheat and bread- 

 stuffs. Canned products, jerked beef, hog pro- 

 ducts, live stock on the hoof, and lastly frozen and 

 chilled beef are some of the headings under which 

 the trade might be divided. We shall here give 

 the greatest prominence to the frozen and chilled 

 meat industry. 



The domination of the British market in all 

 branches with the sole exception of jerked beef, 

 which is not shipped to the United Kingdom, is 

 remarkable. It is doubtful whether the export 

 of meat products and live cattle from Australasia 

 and North and South America to all destinations 

 other than Great Britain, and that across the 

 political boundaries of Europe added together 

 would aggregate Great Britain's gigantic total of 

 £47,000,000, reached in 1911. 



Before proceeding to summarise the present 

 position it may not be unprofitable to point out 

 some essential considerations. A shortage of meat 

 supplies cannot be easily adjusted by increased 



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