6—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Dec. 14, 1956 1956 Meat Output at New Records; New Year Indicates Some Cutbacks All those hotdogs and ham. burgers, steaks, ham and chops which Americans ate m 1956 top pled a meat-eating record which stood, tor nearly half a century, the American Meat Institute re ports. It was back in 1908 that the approximately 89 million Ameri cans ate 163 3 pounds of meat apiece. As the population grew, The Best Broiler Cross at its Best Martin fuses the work of the no tion's leading breeders to givo you top quality chicks that mature early for quick broiler profits. PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW - MARTIN'S HATCHERY POULTRY FARMS, INC. loncaster. Pa. Phone BE 2-2164 \ Red \ N % 4 V Don’t waste time looking for trouble when diseases or disorders strike the flock. Instead, feed RED ROSE T C FEED to increase feed intake and maintain body vigor and throw off infection. RED ROSE T C. FEED is a treatment level of antibiotics combined with a “get-well” concentration of vitamins, recommended for Blue Comb, Sinusitis in turkeys and for tyie suppression of secondary infec tions which lower feed intake and weight gains during periods of stress, such as vaccinations and moving the flock. Keep it on hand always! REICH POULTRY FARM R-D.l. Marietta, Pa, 21 S. Q teen St. CHAS. E. SAUDER & SONS R-D 2 East Earl, Pa, WARREN SICKMAN Pequea, Pa, R.D.I Hill llllllllillii IllillllllliiWiiiliilllillil » _ . J . t .» . .1. k the consumption per person fell. But since 1940 there has been a rising curve which finally over came the old record with an esti mated level for the current year of 163.5 pounds each. “What Is even more indica tive of the prodigious output of our farms and ranches,” said the Institute's chairman, J. Morrell Foster, “is that this per capita figure is for a popu lation of around 169 million almost a 90 per cent increase since 1908.” I Foster xs vice president and 1 assistant to the president of John Morrell and Company, Ot tumwa, lowa, meat packers. He added that prospects for 1957 are for another year of ample meat supplies at reason able prices, although a reduction in hog numbers is likely to de velop some decrease in the sup ply of pork. Foster said in a year-end state ment that both livestock and meat operations in 1956 held to a much smoother course all the way from the producer to the consumer than m the previous year He cited a number of de velopments which contributed to the improved situation of the in dustry. “Consumers were especially fortunate,” Foster said, “since meat prices at retail were sub stantially lower than a year earli er throughout most of the year. lillllllllllllllllliliiilllllllillllllli BUY RED ROSE FROM THESE DISTRIBUTORS A. S. GROFF Lancaster, Pa, D « Starts them eating V Keeps them eating E. MUSSER HEISET RD-2 Mt. Joy, Pa R.D.2 MUSSER’S - The Buck, RD.I, QuarryviUe, Pa, llMiißiliißlßMllllWlilMMßlllllllliilllii tf'Ji In some weeks they averaged as much as 16 per cent lower. Not until the last third of the year did pnces drift higher than in the comparable weeks in 1955, and then only by three or four per cent.” Never before has the bread winner of the family had to work so little to earn the family’s food, Foster said. It takes the average industrial worker less than 19 minutes to earn a pound of meat, a new low. Pork is down to 15.7 minu tes and beef stand at a new low mark of 21.6 minutes. As recently as 1951 it took 25.9 minutes to earn a pound of meat, 19.9 minutes for a pound of pork, 33.5 minutes per pound of beef. More meat was available -in 1956 than ever before, it was pointed out Total meat produc tion moved to a record 27% bil !lion pounds, a gain of more than \ billion for the year and near ly double the output of 40 years ago. The 1956 total was nearly 25 per cent above the 194749 average. On -a per-person basis this amounted to about 83 5 pounds of beef, 66 3 of pork, 9.3 veal and 4.4 of lamb and mutton, or a total of 163 5 pounds. “Several things account for this remarkable growth in the popularity of meat,” Foster said “Producers sent more (livestock to market. Our meat industry turned out better products. Con sumers had a six per cent higher spendable income this year than last They’re spending five per cent more of that income for food than in 1955. And there are mil lions more consumers at the na tion’s table.” “One thing,” he said, “which ill ilillil Rose\ 'dtiiiiuM iiW I = AMMON E. SHELLY Lititz, Pa, J. C. WALKER & CO. Gap, Pa. t s t> a,* .t * A ,<f "Another big help has been the widespread practice by the meat packing industry of cttose trimming the exterior fat on pork cuts. This was advocated by the Institute in 1955 and gained great headway Jthroughout this year. It is the industry's answer to the public's demand for lean pork until the meat-type hog can reach full production.” Two other farm-level develop ments which are helping the pork picture, Foster said, are the spac ing of pig farrowings throughout the year and the marketing of hogs at properly finished weights. He noted that formerly there was a heavy concentration of hogs at winter markets, and scar city of supplies in the summer because of the practice- of hav ing most pigs born in the spring. "With improved equipment, farrowings can be spaced throughout the year and this hefps to reduce the violent price fluctuations in the market,” Fos ter emphasized. He added that some hog breeds reach finished market weight at 190 pounds and others at 230, and that no rule of thumb could be applied to the best mar ket weights for all breeds. An underftmshed or thin hog is as difficult for the market to handle satisfactorily for both the prod ucer and the meat packer as an overfat hog, Foster pointed out. For 1957, Foster indicated a likelihood of a strong market for all meat, beef, pork, veal, lamb or mutton. He pointed out farmers cut back eight per cent on the number of pigs ililil llliilii THREE VIEWS of the new Lancaster Poultry Exchange which will open for business early next year are shown above, at the top looking northwest, in the center looking north from the highway, and at the bottom, looking northeast. (Lancaster Farming Staff Photos). ' ' ' < , , '* * may; be helpful* in moving the ■ pork into consumption chan nels Is the increasing produc tion by hog breeders of the meat-type hog; that is, one bred to carry a much higher proportion of lean meat. This production is now believed to be running about 20 per cent of the total. New Poultry Center r t' i.t e“ i* * ih&f will market in the'’ spring, according to USDA calcula tions, which, if correct, will re sult in a reduction in pork sup plies. Foster said “this probably wiM mean a somewhat smaller total meat supply for the year a change probably too small to be apparent to consumers smco there is likely to be little change in the suppdy of other meats. With our population increasing about 7,000 a day, the amount of meat to be eaten by each per son may be fractionally lower ” The executive predicted per capita consumption of beef would drop to about 82 pounds m 1957 from the 83 5 pounds this year. Veal will decline but slightly to some 9 pounds per person - lamb and mutton will be down—to 4.2, and pork will fall from 66 3 to perhaps 61 5, for a total of less than 157 lbs of meat for each person during next year This would make a 4 per cent decline for all meats but per capita consumption still will total 7 per cent above the 1947-49 average, he said. “Along with the reduced 'supply of meat, there probably also will be an expanded de mand for it,” Foster said. “It places the livestock and meat industry in an enviable posi tion indeed. Population is in creasing rapidly. Spendable in come continues to rise, and these mean greater purchasing power. “On the other hand, the in dustry is producing an essential food product which is tasty, 'nu tritious and economical and one which is needed two and three tunes a day for best health. The benefits derived by both the na tion’s people and its agrkultuie are greater in livestock and meat than anything else This is one way of eating up farm surpluses which helps everybody *’
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