Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-10

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,yr,s. pee. !. issS.-How
,su ike a mutton chop iwo
e1r Hundreds OF tons OF such
~ .oid In the markets Of Europe
y I'm some Of II comes from
M, mo-, a lls,le from New zca-
- 80 ~ la.c d great deal from the
.,s. i,epublic. II Is shipped In a
r,,.. and. II properly cared fof'
~, for q year. ana taste as fresh
,.,.y at the end II tina, time as
=. =. 'I 30, from the dying sheep.
~ min vas. quantities Of beef To
,ysry year. but the passage
~. she Atlantic II ~ swift and the
~. =. ,,ei that the meat 10 merely
"a trpt In cold storage. In sp-
,,c'n the Argentine 20 Europe the
,nu.f steam over the seeming
- IL requires from twenty 20
~ a,ys f1r The voyage. and al meat
y, ,lihrr alive or frozen. llNlns
,fe expensive freight. ana the
0't, the Argentine IL now freezing
.,s,,an Tor shipment. u has mll-
= i-,rstai In frozen meat factories.
Ia has one establishment which IL
IN 20 be The largest frozen meat fac
~ q ,he "oilu.
Mar. describing my visa 20 this
~, le, me tell you something 81 thn
| 49, nas az sheep raiAcua, We knp"
| M a. 20 their grain output. Their
rs.ff when they hnv. a fair crop.
40 our wheat fall In thc markets or
egopt. san, the wheat farms are a
-rtisfie boo the confederation Of the
=. iur.s of the Argentine. These peo-
4. IT, stock farmers rather than grain
a,msfs When a locust Invasion comes
- L Comfortable disircHa. bur should
fatk famine occur the country would
Nf. a ptuic. A. prcFent not one per
rr. % The Argentine II agricultural.
"a. I'm 10 In many sections thln and
IN eraln producing areas are
md The pastures. however, are
i hfrrsi 10 The world. No such .H-
IA N grazing lands exists anywhere
~. and fhs area % the stock farms
sf.ans every year. The character of
u rrlusf Improves By p1siuring them
~ sheop aud cattle. and the iiockH
~ herds steadily grow. ~ j. ca-
iriisd that une-half NJ she republic u
iiipifi % sheen raising This makes
~ ara ~ i9i,o0O square miles. q itrri-
30 gfrlier than ten states ihe Hizo OF
Sea York.
rw many .hecp the lard will sup
tsfi D. nli known. hul the number viii
III into Oh hundreds of millions. Somu
nfs n ihe province ~ buenos AyreH.
= ah.ch flur-flfiha OF the sheep of the
AfsffInr now are, VIII feed two or
'tf. fho 90 the acre. ana other paris
lrihfr south need from Two to four
ans iar single sheep. The average
d Hu.nnf Ayrca n ~. nhrCp 10 tho
gulm milo. or that number 10 a Sec
CO ~ and. The total number 81
ht.p ln ihe Argentine IL now 10000.
n more han twice that OF the United
fti,f 70 IL enough 90 give rvory FAM
u DO d. country a ii1ck OF 700 sheep
N sheep. however. are not divided M
h ih.s way They are IN the hands Of
comparatively few. know 90 mon whn
a.h ywu 10000. and there are one OF
iul nahlbs who have. am sold. a.
uiHy a. a million.
Ths usual size Of a flock OF sheep
tun1eia from l 900 b. 5000, Thia many
an pli In charge of one shepherd. who
watches them on. horseback. letting
nfm craze about M they please. Tn.
iAnp are mover fed. They live out vi
lafs fnlm one years end 20 she other
my so an they need by grazing. fol
Affe il no such thing as a barn al
rack " hay ON an Argentine aiocl
arm, The sheep wander on grazing u
90 direction whence the wind blows II
w morning, and they return In th'
evening o. sleep about the hut of ihrll
iaephtrd In sumo eases tho flelds ar
fHTHHl lsHNHA AaaN IaI .
y ile sheep farms are the pampna AZ
ne l.ori created them. II Il the herd
~ business 20 keep his sheen from
mixing with ihosc % other docks, an,
!! ffe that ;hey are free from diseases
Ne also keeps on the dogs. and haa thl
tFhffal care ~ the Hooks. For this AM
~ Work ~ shelring lime he IL paid Sli
u W Euli a month, or he may work ~
w shares for onc-four,h OF the profits
~ Argentine shepherd has 4 llti
Aheh u dreary IN the extreme. NJ
we In mud hut away out on tn
l'slf.e liz may have garden, but. ~
usual thing. he II too lazy to- maxi
snf' and his chief food II mutton. hi
..np1yers allowing him to XIII enougl
'a''p TO supply him with meat.
Raising sheep for mutton has unit
Nv NOT bsea done by the Argentlncr
=! y ihe pl-t their profits have been from
Ae wool. hides ana tnllow. Sheep ans
,ss,ue were and are SIN killed for thel
~. ana iill0w, the meat being throw
ag where tho Hooks have mul.
tlll 100 rapidly thousands Of the nlde
,M'l have been driven over the rock
~, ne sra. They have az times been
80 Tor fuel, aud In the days when tn
,pt,hl,l ruled this country an edlcl wa
ksnushcd making It q crime % drlv
lnnhg sheep into the fires of the brlcl
M ~ present II IL estimated tina
A.. AIkrnllne republic raises one AM
s,halt billion pounds more meat ever
- nan the can consume. or enougl
Sre meat 20 give every man, womal
'nl,i IN the world full pound AM
spare. '''''''" 'S""'' W ~
~ Z this great surplus that IA
rpuEht about the establishment of bill
n,i,,l lactnfles-factoricH which turn on
,'lNH OF dollars worth Of beef sN
,,- every year-and factories 10
n,,4inF meat 30 that n VIII not mel
Ia,N tlaWrd out for sale To the retail
's,gh eFs NJ Europe.
ne ohlef branch NJ the Industry noy
ltpzen mutton. Frozen beef Is al
- Apnfied for such mea, IL not NJ
M Nnen lhawed a. when fresh killed
~ mutton tastes as juicy ana rs swee
az, H.ush fresh from the fields. ana
M, suftl that the frozen article can
England. '' '''"' '''' VI Wv
h, wv last the business Ia growing cal
~ sh.n Ny the comparative shipment
O0 lasi lew years. In 1853 only 81,
"4'.h OF sheep rarcaasef were son
la,, y. we ocean, In nine months o
O0s sssF tRe saleS amounted 20 1900,
\, and the number or frozen wether
Ilpei To iNo aud one-haif millions
sr,.ssnt about 100000 sheep are beinl
''s every month. There are fou