GERMAN MEAT SUPPLIES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1724, 15 April 1913, Page 8

GERMAN MEAT SUPPLIES.

CR\" im.MOKI! BEEF. The position of Germany with regard to her meat supplies is one of absorbing interest to British producers and consumers, who will naturally view the matter from opposite standpoints, says "Spero" in the "Livo Stock Journal Almanac" for 1911). The writer in question says that tho increasing population of Germany has long been absorbing its home-grown beef moro rapidly than it can be produced, anil that article has become so scarce that prices have so advanced as to place it beyond tho rehch of the poorer classes, and as tho Germans have a curious antipathy to mutton the.v are being <lriven to rely very largely on pork. But the cxamplo nf other countries has begr.n to tell, and the outcry for more beef lias become so strong Jtliat municipal authorities are taking steps to facilitate the placing of frozen beef on the market, notwithstanding an import duty of over 2(1. per 11). "Appetite comes with eating," aiul in all probability the agrarian monopoly will havo to give way to the popular demand for a reduction of this heavy impost on the nation's wants. It may be a work of son>s little time, but in tho nature of things, the barriers must givo way and the movement .spread over all central ami western Europe. AVhat this will mean .it' requires little foresight to foretell. It means a revolution in the Bri-, iisli meat trade, which has hitherto provided the only reliable market for the surplus produce of young countries oversea. i Tictunis of livo stock in Germany in . December, 1912, and in Hungary in tho same year aro given by the International Institute of Agriculture. The principal figures for Germany are 4,516,297 horses. 20,158,738 cattle, 15,787,818 sheep, and 21,885,07:1 pigs. Horses show an increaso of 171,250 since 1911; cattle, a. decrease of 471,800; sheep, a decrease of 1,915,862; and pigs, n decrease of 26J..459. • Germany stands high for horses, cattle, and pigs, but very low for sheep, which have fallen off greatly in number in rccent years. Tho figures for Hungary are: 1,960,000 'horses. 6,035,915 cattle, 7,168,051 sheep, and 7,409,801 pigs. Ail tlieso numbers show decreases. "A good thing is Boon snatched up." 'Tis an old proverb, but true, and it is because the "Anderson" Oil Engines aro good that so many farmers grasp tho opportunity of securing one. The smooth, easy running of the "Andcrso;i" makes 3 this cngino tho ideal power to drive linking Machines. The engine requires so little, attention while running, that a tremendous amount of labour is saved. Thus tho "Anderson" is not only a wageearner, but a wage-saver nlso. Order an "Anderson" Oil Engine to-day anil join 1 lie ranks of the more prosperous farmer. Every "Anderson" Engine i> made in New Zealand. Anderson. Ltd., Chrislchurch,— ? I Advt,