MAMMALS AS A SOURCE OF HUMAN FOOD 21 



from domesticated animals. From time to time the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture issues statistical publications concerning do- 

 mestic animals and their products, from the latest of which now avail- 

 able the following figures have been gleaned: 1 



MEATS AND LARD AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1927 



Beef and veal 7,800,000,000 pounds, 65.8 pounds per capita 



Lamb and mutton 645,000,000 pounds, 5.4 pounds per capita 



Pork 8,122,000,000 pounds, 68.5 pounds per capita 



Total meats 16,567,000,000 pounds, 139.7 pounds per capita 



Lard 1,634000,000 pounds, 13.8 pounds per capita 



EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF MEATS IN 1926 



Exports Imports 



United States 1,445,219,000 pounds 102,626,000 pounds 



All other countries 5,468,765,000 pounds 6,576,038,000 pounds 



VALUE OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF MEATS, ETC., FROM AND TO THE 

 UNITED STATES IN 1925 



Exports Imports 



Beef and veal $ 2,765,000 $1,765,000 



Pork (fresh $1,300,000) 106,081,000 



Mutton and lamb 313,000 610,000 



Canned meats 7,250,000 



Bouillon, etc 4250,000 



The average American eats the equivalent of his own weight in 

 meat annually. In some countries the average is much less, and in the 

 United Kingdom and France, as well as in many other countries, the 

 relative importance of mutton in the menu is much greater than in 

 the United States. 2 We must not overlook the fact, also, that in many 

 countries goats are largely used for food. Horseflesh is eaten in some 

 countries, the flesh of camels in Asia and of the domesticated camel- 

 like animals, llama and alpaca, of South America, is all esteemed, and 

 there are people who do not disdain dog flesh, all these adding to the 

 total meat supply derived from domesticated animals. 



Domesticated mammals supply not only the greater part of the 

 world's meat supply, but also the almost indispensable dairy products. 

 The production of milk, butter and cheese and their by-products in 

 the United States in 1923 was estimated at $2,652,877,000 in value; 

 and in 1926, at $2,952,01 2,000. 3 This probably did not include goats' 



1 Statistics of farm animals and animal products, Separate No. 976 from Yearbook 

 U. S. Dept. Agric. for 1927. Statistical Bull. No. 20, U. S. Dept. Agric., 1927. 



2 Dearborn, Yearbook U. S. Dept. Agric. for 1918, p. 145. 



3 The World Almanac for 1928, p. 370. 



