The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-09

s1esp b produced ami fatsened SIS cheap
ry as i'm the Argentine. on account Of
tes exceptional climate and RIGA natural
grasses, very Es1ie artificial food being
required, and che winter being 80 mid
rhz< ce1s ANIMALS can be fat<ensd IN TIE
open air in wire fenced pa.ddocks. Dur
tha las. fifteen years. however the best
English pefigree aSEle have been intro
d1csd. thousands o6 Ssor-aorn and Here
ford bulls have been used, and a greas
proportion % ~ae criolIo cattle have bsen
transformed into magnificent crossbre<is.
Some <our-year-oid cross5red Saorshora
steers, raised on the natural prairie
grasses and taitened on alfalfa 0ucergel.
resolving no grain OF any description
realized here Is per head.
TIL recently cattle were no. fas.ened
IN the Argentine up 20 vhe standard Of
an Engiisarnan's idea os a, tat beast a.
almost al she surplus beef went TO Bra
I'll and Cuba. sens-rropscal countries
whose inhabitants do not eat sas rnea,
the result being thai Argentine ranchmea
gave no attention 10 the farten1ng Of
cattle When the breeder produced q
more expensive, heavier. liner animal, ne
began to look around for a better mar
kee. and found he could send live stock
to Brazil Chile and Englaud on a larger
scale, and TO France. Germany and Bed
gum IN S1ftda r[QS11en ne
fatisned them. This state OF Affairs
created a -1.dilennar-clle Inyernador. as
he Is calei-who does no. breed oattse
but buys store beasts and 1atrens them
M IL they are fl for export when they
are sent 20 different markets. The heay-
Hest OF The native criollq cattle are kept
on alfalfa IN the provinces Of San Juan
and Mendoza for some time, and are then
driven across she Andes into Chile A
ing on an average about 1,I50 pounds,
live weight. Is sent 10 Rio de Janeiro
and some Other Brazilian ports while the
best. heaviest and latest animals are
shipped to England.
THIS export ~ live stock has suddenly
become of great importance, the Official
value of cattle and sheep exported from
Argentine ports in 1854 being over Il CO.,
GO. The English butchers find fault with
the Argent tine cattle as shipped at pres
ent- They are too wild and are badly Sc
iected. cattle OF all ages. sizes and de-
scrpstons coming together. Moreover.
they are purely grass fed, and conse-
quontly the beef. though good, has not
as bright a color as the North American
conn-fed meat. and sells at from I'D TO
ID per pound lower than its great rival
The sheep are better. and the butchers
classify them the same as Canadians and
ii.
pound.
The British graziers, or Invernadors.
In the provinces OF Buenos Ayres Santa
E'e and Cordoba. owning thousands OF
acres OF alfalfa. growing their own corn
and linseed, and, owing TO the mild eli
mate. never having to house their cattle,
can put a fat Shor5horn or Hereford bull
lock on board a ship at Buenos Ayres or
La Plata for 6. The feeding of the AMI
Ii rxyt4f S-z
make them as tame as the North Amer
scan cattle, and they will not suffer on
board as the wild ranch" cattle do z
present. OF course, with sheep there Is
less difficulty. the sheep being an excel
lent sailor. and actually increa sing In
weight on board II well treated and prop
erly supplied with water.
Il Is obvious that the alfalfa crop is
of the highest Importance to the Argen-
tine grZter. Though alfalfa can be
grown in all parts of Argentina, Il can
irrigation in one favored district-frosn
Fortugas, an Santa Fe, to Rio Cuarto, in
Cordoba, and from Nenada Tuerto TO
some leagues north OF FratIe Muerto,
an area of about COCO square miles In
this exceptional region cattle can be
turned dnto the alfalfa fields and fat
tened there year after year without in
requires no
manure. irrigation or artificial assist
anoe OF any kind for about twenty
years, when 1t begins to thin out. and,
aiahough still good pasturage. VIII not
carry the same amount of stock. In
others parts Of the country the farmers
have to NOW their alfalfa and make il
unto hay. as the trampling OF cattle
would kill 1t in few years.
The discovery of the alfalfa district is
of .fas4a
would not believe 1t capable of growing
anything, the land was considered 10
be some of the worst in the country
barely able 10 raise a few lean criollo
cattle and goats-a dry. sandy country
While alfalfa required the deep black
rich soil OF uihe province OF Buenos Ayres
and a good rainfall, whereas about Fraile
Muerto IL only RAINS two or three times
during the year. Still this semi-desert
which Will not grow any kind OF useful
grass or a tree OF any size. will grow al
falfa in tlte most abundant fashion al
most without blowing the land, and
merely scratching Il after burning the
scant pamTsa grass. The exclamation
probably Is that In this loose. sandy soil
water Is found at an average depth Of
about twenty feet. and uhe deeply pene-
tratng roots OF une alfalfa find shetr
way into Fl. and make the plant fnde-
f~A.NN-A~ ~ ~ 81 sAiAd14d d.
II preserved from animals. will give five
cuttings or crops per annum, yielding In
the aggreg ate about twelve tons OF hay
per acre, hut in such case the farmer
must be within a reasonable distance OF
the river ports. otherwise the railway
freight Will take all his profits. hay being
usually worth I'm Rosario 30s a ton and
In Buenos Ayres about e. II Is more
than likely that this valuable Iegumlnols
plant, which, like Its allies. sainfoin. clo-
YER etc. obtains nitrogen from the air
for nothing. Is destined to pisy an I'M
portaftt part IN the Industrial develop