Contents include: Trends in production of meat animals and in consumption of meat; Production and price policies (Meat-animal goals, Price-support programs, Price control, Subsidy programs); Distribution policies (Control of delivery of meat, Department of Agriculture procurement, Army procurement, Meat rationing, Stockpiling of meat); Marketing policies (Increased federal inspection, Meat grading); Appendix (Chronology of livestock and meat programs, Summary of principal controls, OES orders and directives relating to slaughter subsidy payments, War Food Order 126, Grading and grade labeling, Meat Restriction Order 1, Food Distribution Order 27, War Food Order 75).