A Scarcity Of Meat Caused By Western Floods

A scarcity of meat has been caused here by the Kansas City floods. The main supply of meat in Ann Arbor is furnished by the Hammond Beef Co. The car of meat for this week's use has not yet arrived and the Hammond Beef Co. in this city has had no meat since Monday morning. The car was expected from Kansas City, but the floods there have tied up all the cars. The same scarcity existed at Ypsilanti and some of the meat markets there went to Detroit for meat.

In Ann Arbor it takes 70 to 75 head of cattle a week to supply the consumption of meat and the Hammond Beef Co. furnishes about 40 head of cattle a week. Nearly all of the meat markets here have given up the practice of slaughtering their own cattle. Some beef is brought in from the outside, but as seen by the above figures more than half the meat supply comes from the Hammond Beef Co. A car contains about 40 head of dressed cattle and a car each week is received here. There has been no meat famine as yet, but the meat market men are scouring the country for cattle to make sure of a supply. The Hammond employees are down every morning early to unlod the belated car and it may arrive at any time.