AMERICA'S PORK EXPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1050, 13 February 1911, Page 8

AMERICA'S PORK EXPORTS.

I - EXORMOXJSLY DECHEASED. f- America's pork business is frequently f: re.fertcil to when tho' possibilities of . n I'pork exporting industry for New Zealand I'-; n'to' discussed. T' 'A tablo of exports of bacon, hams, and \ '-.'pork'- from l the - United States for over fforty yeai'B thows that th,o shipments of ! 1903-10, amounting, in" round figures to ystWOO.OOOIb.. were': smaller than for any ['year since 1874-5. As long ago 'as " r.tßo total'exceeded 816,000,00u1b., and after ,-great'fluctuations theyreached tho maxi' !vmum of, 967,000,0001b. iu 1838-9. ' Since 1' 1905-B they, have not reached 010,000,0001b. Evidcncn all round indicates that the t food-surplns of ' the country has passed tits climax, and will continue, of roursa t -withfluctuatipns, to decline. The Anions'"can" population increases much more rap- ' Idly than the production of food in the ■ : United States. ' f 'Statistics included in tho report of tho i-sAmerican Department of Agriculture for ■ December show that a'great decline of ; live' and dead.animal exports from the United States took'place in 1909-10, as , compared withthose of tho preceding fii- liancial 1 year. Tho total'value' of live i animals'indollars fell fr0m'22,645,438 to I 17,447,735; that of • packing-house pro- ['• ducts, ineludiiie all kinds of-meat, lard, !■ animal" oils, hides, and skins, from 199,- ■' OiSiO'G'to 153,312,933; and that of , dairy }. produce;, from 3,500,105 to 2,250,421., Ezgs. j ln'cteasoir.frbin , 1,199,522 to 1,260,160. Ex:';ports of grain and flour fell from-160,-I 010,470 to 133,320.418 dollnrs. and those of [■ fruit increased from 10,07 D,227. to 18,504,6 V. TV dollars.- ,