Evening star., 1898-12-10

properly c.rod fa~. viii KEEP f.. q wear. ana
taste rs fresh aud juir- at ;Hc emit Of mat
time a. when cut
W. ship vast quantities Of beef To Europe
every Year. bUt the passage across tn, At-
l.1tu. Is so swift and the waters 50 cool
Thar thr meat i~ merely chilled and kert in
r.-t Storage Ia going from tne Argeutin,
=" Eur"u- The ships must steam over the
s.s'HIu2 eIu-tnr II requfrcs from twenty
10 tElrty dJyS fur the voyage. ana ali meat
must ~ either alirr ar frozen. Living ami
Ia,iS ass exp. Isjys freight. and ne ~.-.sli .
Jiae Argentine - RON freezing lis mutton fo-
e.. .ur-.-r-. J. has millions invested i'm frozen
H5.aj factories. and il ras one sstarIsh-
rr.Ht wAi.a is ~aii tn bo 1hr largest from
nsrst f1eip-E of rho world
t...' r-.r 6.--riiiuL. nv visit 70 this uTa e..
.-- ~. tell Tu.E zpII-r hing II the Ar-r,!.t.us
.-E sheep rails. - We krpw ;i little as 10
'..-t s-Ia.1 tr-;r .Eif-ir '-ua-sr when thy
....E~ . t.ir cop. rl.I Ks urfr wheat fab IN
f'.. markets OF Eurpur- still the wheat
farms sr. &. ha-3j"-Iy IN the cuu>iIrratI. ~
~ tl- gr ducts rt tue Argentine. Thc-a
people F- stock farmers IatEcT than @Tlil
.arn'-r-. y "a a locust invasion comes
a.. I- Is considerable. distress. bat should "a
~r', Is famine urc--r tI-. country would have
i.'' ~ ~ i..''~' m 1.ot one Per cent or tn .
AiS' l'.i.. - a@rirI--urtL The .JH Is I'M
p ny sections thin and poor Tho grain urp-
1u.5r- a~r-r an. limited 'TT.. paSrrrr..s
howe" .". af" tIa largest IF t.e world. N
~.,rI n ant "r grazing lands Exists any
"H-~" else. and IN" ITra II tn stock farms
lErTr. ~r- .V-Iy year. Tn. character Of rlr
--rstSS-~ improves by paS-uring them with
shr.u ana cattle and tho f0cks and herds
~'.H'Iy grow. II j. estimated that one
Haii "t tn republic = adapted To sheep
i't~.aG- Itds makes an area of 591~D
~Ir r. miles. o territory greater than ten
states Tho s.ze of N-w York
Big Figures
How many sheep the land will support is
not known, but the number will run into
tfa hundreds Of millions. Some parts of The,
province of BueuDs Ayres. in which four
hfths Of the sheep Of the Argentine now
are. will feed TWO or three sheep to the
acre. and other parts further south need
from two t. four acres for a single sheep
The average in Buenos Ayres is 90 sheep
u jEe square mile. or that number to Il
section Of land. The total number Of sheep
In the Argentine is now IuJUUD.U.H Inur,,
than twice that of the United States II is
enough To give every family in the country
Il flock OF 100 sheep. and have some mil
Hons Tor export The sheep. however, are
not divided up in this way. They are in the
hands or comparatively few. / know of
men who each own lUuOtr and there are
one or TWO nahubs who have. am told. as
many q million.
The usual size Of flock Of sheen varies
from Loo 10 2"uh. This many are put in
I+4tt4 ~ pL one shepherd. who Watches hem
on horseback letting them Craze about as
they please The sheep are ncvez fed They
I'VE out Of doors from one years end 10 the
utH'r- They get all they need by grazing
Tor there is no such thing as a barn or
stack Of hay on an Argentine, stock farr,
The sheep wander off grazing in the dirGc-
i"h whence the wind blows in the morn
Ing and they returl in the evening fn sIaer
about the hut OF their shepherd In SOM
C.tSC~ the fields are fenced with wire nm
III" greater part ~ the sheep farms are the
I"mp.1S ds the Lord created them II is
Inc N'TGvf business to keep his sheen from,
mixing with those of other fIockS ana 10
see trat they arr free fIom diseases He
also Keeps OF the dogs, and has The genera !
care 81 me ho"ks- For this and his work
ar S,"drlug time he il paid SIG to $50 gold
"A month, or he NAV work on shares fnr
"h@-iourth of the profits. The Argentine
SAri nerd has life which is dreary in the
'Atfrfnt- lie lives in mud hut away ont
on the prairie He may have a garden h,1t
a. q usual thing. he iS too lazy to max
one, and his chief food is mutton. his en-
Pl"ytr- allowing him To kill enough shatn
z" supply him with meat
\ New Induntr,.
Raising sheep for mutton has ur.ir ro,,
E0c been dom by the Argcn;fnes In the
IaSt lheir profits have been from The wool
hides and tallow- Sheep and cattle Were
end are still killed for their skins and tai
low. the meat being thrown away Where
Tie HpCks hag" multiplied too RAPIDLY tbou-
: nds Of the Older sheep have been driven
C'tr ;he rocks into the sea. They have az
times been used for fuel and in the day.
Aen ne Spanish ruled this country an
e1iCt waS published making il u crime tO
uitN" HN iuS sheep into the nrcs Of the brick
Ems At pre- sent II is estimated that the
~ gen inr republic raises Ole and uEe-haIf
fiH"N pounds NOR" meat every Year Than
ste can consume. or enough waste meat 10
give every man woman and child i'm INC
N"fi4 q iull pound and have Il hundred mil
/ N pounds or 50 to spare.
IL lS This great surplus that has brought
@-o9t IN" establishment of big meat factor
lcs-i"ctprieS which turn out millions of
collars worth Of becf extracts every year
and factories Tor fr- Zing meat so fhst il
VII not melt until ~ lwed out for saI. -
lie Fetal butchers OF Em Jpe
The chief branch Of the industry now =
II frozen mutton. Frozen beef is also ex-
ported for such meat is not so good when
tldwed as when fresh killed The mutton
tastes as juicy and as sweet as though fresh
from The fields. and ] am assured that m
frozen article cannot be distinguished from,
that of old England
How fast the business is growing can I'D
seen by the comparative shipments of the
!'st few years. In 1883 only SII Qsa
Mrr,h or sheep carCasses We're sent across
lhe ocean. In nine months Of last year The
sales amounted to 81 509.O0o. and the. nun,
per OF frozen wethers shipped to TWO anG
one-haf millions. At present about 200 uOl