WHY MEAT IS SCARCE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
And Far Scarcer In Peace Than In War i herve diagrammatic survey of the world’s meat situation, showing not only why meat is scarce throughout the world, but far scarcer in peace than in war, has been compiled by our contributor A.M.R., and illustrated by Russell Clark. It is based on statistics from the United States Department of Agriculture and ‘other official sources. All figures represent millions of head.
] 5 39 The world’s flocks and herds were of normal size. Those of India, China and Africa are not shown on the diagram because they never have surplus meat for export. 1940-1944 Exrops. 2 Fortress under siege, reduced animal feeding to a minimum in order to grow more direct and inexpensive food -vegetables and grain. Russia at first greatly increased her herds
and* then lost them in invasion. However, the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand expanded meat production so greatly that the total world supply throughout the war was hardly, if at all, less than in peacetime. 1945 In Europe: invasion, followed (in the East especially) by wholesale requisition of animals for army use or as reparations. In Australia and South America: drought. In North
America: a higher meat consumption than pre-war-owing partly to relaxed rationing, but mainly to the poorer third of North Americans having at last enough income to buy as much as the ration. North American production decreasingin part through "reconversion." Southern Hemisphere production reduced by drought. Europe compelled to use oats, barley and potatoes for human, not animal, food. The U.S.S.R. is revealed as having lost half its cattle and pigs.
1946 It takes years to grow most food animals. The task cannot be started until immediate food needs are satisfied and political conditions give farmers some prospect of reaping the reward for their foresight. Accordingly next year’s shortage may be as bad as this year’s and could be worse. It took eight years to replace fully the stock lost through World War 1.
NORTH AMERICA: | SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE FURQPE ~ TOTAL «lO & @ Bs» Bs» 96 60 66 | 14 245 37 386 510 221 1940): 1944 mW 126 267 45 , 3 Ds 1945 1946 ©) om 100 60 80 | 120 250 40 | 40 70 eo. 6358
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 357, 26 April 1946, Page 6
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