already rendered the ordinary fat-stock business a very uncertain 

 source of profit. We must set up rival organisations, by establish- 

 ing in each district a slaughtering and cold-storage depot at some 

 convenient railway centre, and by organising the local farmers 

 and butchers, the one to furnish fat stock and the other to buy dead 

 meat from the depot according to grade. This may seem an im- 

 possible undertaking, but one example successfully started would 

 soon take effect all over the country, because the purchaser prefers 

 British meat even at a higher price provided that he can get it 

 properly hung". 



The Rise in Prices of Butcher's Meat in England. Sole. 

 Milano, 26th June 1910. 



The decrease in the quantity of cattle supplied by the United 

 States and Canada to the English market has caused a great in- 

 crease in the price of butcher's meat in England. 



Both in Canada and in the United States, less cattle is now 

 raised than was the case formerly, whilst at the same time the num- 

 bers of meat consumers in those countries have increased. 



Besides the above causes, no importation of live stock from the 

 Argentine is now allowed for reasons of hygiene. 



Between 1907 and 1909 the importation of cattle from the 

 United States has diminished by nearly one half, and the quality 

 has become poorer. 



The free admittance of Argentine live stock is asked for. 



FRANK W. MAHIN (U. S. Consul. Nottingham). Controversy be- 

 tween Butchers and Farmers regarding Warranty of 

 Meat against Tuberculosis. Monthly Consular and Trade 

 Reports. Washington, January 1909, N. 340, p. 73. 



A controversy between butchers and farmers in the Midlands 

 and other parts of England as to who shall bear the loss caused 

 by tuberculosis in cattle threatens serious complications touching- 

 prices and supplies of beef. The loss has always been borne by 

 the butchers, but several months ago the British Federation of Meat 

 Traders' Associations decided that the loss should be shifted to 

 the cattle grower, and that their members should buy only of far- 

 mers who would give a warranty against tuberculosis. Accordingly, 

 the Nottingham butchers, numbering 300, issued notice to the local 



