Meat Production (1890-1913) Economic development and industrialization during the Wilhelmine period raised the standard of living. Here, we see a gradual but steady rise in the production of a variety of meats, including beef, pork, and poultry. These products had been considered luxury commodities only half a century earlier.
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page 1 of 1 Meat Production (in thousands of tons) Year Beef Veal Pork Mutton Goat Meat Poultry Total 1890 617   989     62 1,915 1891 572   1,015     65 1,899 1892 601 119 1,017 110 18.8 64 1,930 1893 669   1,062     65 2,044 1894 617   1,121     64 2,051 1895 626   1,271     70 2,216 1896 684   1,478     70 2,482 1897 732   1,469     72 2,523 1898 773   1,517     70 2,611 1899 770   1,671     72 2,764 1900 773 151 1,704 80 21 74 2,803 1901 778   1,609     72 2,712 1902 776   1,472     73 2,575 1903 749   1,622     77 2,704 1904 783 175 1,780 64 19 80 2,901 1905 856 179 1,671 70 19 83 2,878 1906 860 172 1,649 64 19 83 2,847 1907 852 178 1,639 61 20 85 2,835 1908 900 193 1,918 62 20 84 3,177 1909 985 209 1,835 67 20 83 3,199 1910 933 193 1,902 66 19 87 3,200 1911 899 187 2,102 61 20 88 3,357 1912 870 179 2,058 61 19 87 3,274 1913 793 179 2,040 60 22 89 3,183 Source: Walter G. Hoffmann, Das Wachstum der deutschen Wirtschaft seit der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts [The Growth of the German Economy since the Middle of the 19th Century]. Berlin, 1965, p. 302.
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