THE CALL OF THE LAND 



supply and demand. Strictly, therefore, 

 demand can never, for any length of time 

 or width of space, get away from supply. 



Of beef, like any other merchandise, there 

 will always be a supply at some price. It 

 will never cease to be possible for men who 

 can pay the price of beef to obtain it, though, 

 of course, the price might conceivably so 

 soar that beef could be procured only by 

 families of ample means. And there will 

 always be a demand for beef. Well-to-do 

 people enough will forever exist to keep up 

 a certain call, however high beef prices may 

 rise. 



To create a clear issue, let us state our 

 question thus : Is the supply of beef likely 

 to continue sufficient at present prices or, 

 after a little, will lower prices rule or higher 

 prices have to be charged? The question 

 calls for inquiry into the probable future 

 of beef cattle production, and into the 

 probable future of the beef cattle demand. 



I discuss, first, the production problem 

 the probable supply of beef cattle during 

 the years just before us, meantime, for sim- 



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