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Excerpt from Seasonal Demand for Beef, Pork, and Broilers This paper has investigated the likelihood that real differences exist in consumer demand for beef, pork, and broilers between seasons within a year. Seasonal movements in retail prices for beef and pork cannot be explained by changes in supply or; consumption alone. This indicates that the demand for each meat is not stable throughout the year but differs seasonally in a definite pattern. Simply plotting retail prices against per cap ita consumption data on a quarterly basis indi cates the general nature of these differences. The greatest difference is noted for pork. Winter de mand is much stronger than summer demand. On the other hand, the demand for broilers was stronger in summer. Differences for beef were less obvious. Both prices and consumption, how ever, were generally above average during the third quarter. Regression analyses for each of the meats were run using quarterly data and separating data for the first and fourth quarters from those in the second and third quarters. Short run elasticity coefficients were obtained for pork and broilers using time series data for 1953 - 59. Similar esti mates were made for beef over the 12-year period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.