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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1919)
THE ALLIANCE ItEIULD, ALLIANCE, NEBIUSKA, KOViiMBKlt 13, 1515 fAdB ITlVfi BETTERING THE WORLD'S BEST MEAT TiXPAXSION OF PAt KINO INDUS THY IS ItKSPOXSlIlLB -New Alliance Plant Will Have Kffoct ' v Comparable to That of ' First Ilallroad Dr. John R. Mohler, chief, United States bureau of animal Industry, Washington, D. C, speaking before the , Institute of American Meat Packers, Atlantic City, reviews in formation that materially affects every meat grower in this country. The Alliance Packing company, now coming into the field, adds another unit of federal Inspection that will aid in the determination of the reason of so many animal dis eases. The doctor, speaking inti mately with his listeners, had this to say: "We must encourage production. Ample production, in the last anal ysis, is the most important factor leading to prices that the consumer Is willing to pay and pay cheerfully. Both the consumer and the producer is entitled to full information regard ing growing and marketing of live jstock. Forty Known Animal Diseases "Altogether about forty diseases are responsible directly or indirectly for the condemnation of live seock. Many of these diseases are respon sible for considerable loss of live stock before the animals reach the market age. This Is one of the chances the producer takes and any arrangement that will recom pense the producer for the gamble on the animals' health should be welcome. More packing units in the center of raw material, which offer a continuation of the stock growers' business should be encouraged. "The suppression of pleuro-pneumonia, which was present in the United States in the early eighties, was the first task assigned to the bureau of animal industry, and since that time, following the eradication of pleuro-pneumonia, attention has been directed to the suppressing of -other contagious diseases. "Progress in disease eradication, I am now able to say, from a scientific point of view, victory against most animal diseases, is in sight and in certain cases eradication is practical ly complete. Progress In Disease Eradication "As late as 1906 cattle scabbles -was prevalent in 1,300,000 square miles. That was nearly one-half of the total land area. By 1910 the In fected area had been reduced .two thirds, and now the country is prac tically free from cattle scabies. "In the case of sheep scab, the in fected area in 1906 comprised about 1,600,000 square miles, of which more than sixteen hundred thousand have already been cleaned up. At the rate of recent progress in stamp ing out the Infection by dipping, the next year should see the practical end of sheep scab after a fourteen year campaign. "The cattle tick which ' caused Texas fever now has had its domain reduced from about seven hundred thousand square miles in 1906 to less than three hundred thousand in 1919, and is doomed to practical ex tinction in the United States within four years at the present rate of progress. "With hog cholera the campaign lias been of guerrilla character with a spasmodic outbreak in three of the last four decades, but the use of antlhog-cholera serum, especially In connection with the virus, is a def inite means of preventing further outbreaks of serious character. "Foot-and-mouth disease has ap peared in the United States at six different periods within the last half century, but the total livestock in fected during all of the periods has been less than one hundred thou sand, a figure comparatively small in proportion to the total number of cattle in the United States, this year about 68 million. We have made charts embodying the figures I have mentioned, and in the case of foot-and-mouth disease the losses appear scarcely as large as a pinhead on a chart of letter-paper siie. Problems Already Solved "Disease eradication is the basis of ample production and in the final analysis of liberal consumption and proper nutrition. If the live-stock men of the country had to contend with pleuro-pneumonia, foot-and-mouth disease, surra, rinderpest and other animal scourgeB on top of their present problems, production certainly would fall and consump tion would be curtailed by reason of high prices to cover the risks of pro duction. Trend of Meat Consumption "It Is interesting also to note the general trend of meat production, slaughter and consumption over a term of years as a guide to what the future may have in store. : Shorter hauls less shrinkage means more money for everybody. Establishment of packing plants In h renter of raw material Is con stantly developing the stock raising Industry and making use of a highly develODed system of distribution The old timers In the stock raising industry can well remember when live-stock was driven or shipped long distances. This means a great loss to shippers because the animals shrink in weight, lost their healthy appearance, many became sick and were unfit for market at their Jour ney's end while during the winter months many head were broxen to death. The first real im provement came with the expansion of the meat packing Industry and the improvement of packing facil ities. Today we are constantly add ing packing plants located at strate gic points throughout the country. The Alliance Packing company, in the erection and operation of Its plant, will bring increased possibil ities and greater commercial indus trial and rural benefits to the com munity, as did the coming of the first railroad. "For a number of years the an nual totals of cattle, calves, sheep, goats and swine slaughtered under federal Inspection has approached sixty million head. That la about two-thirds of all such animals slaughtered for food In the United States. Figures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, show consid erable Increase over previous years. Altogether over seventy million ani mals were slaughtered. Swine num bered forty-four million. The slaugh ter of cattle and sheep was about eleven million head each. Figures for calves and goats were much smaller and these classes of animals occupied fourth and fifth places re spectively. "The greatest increase In any clans was In swine, the number Inspected being nearly nine million more than the previous year. Such figures may be interpreted In many ways, but they show clearly the great elastic ity In swine production and the stim ulus of patriotism, price or other In ducements. 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