Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-09-09
CIothier and Furnisher.
Opera House Block.

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Here Is the condensed milk manufacto
ry. Here are the cooling rooms, the ell
gine rooms, the washing rooms for cans
and bottles, pals and tools, for every
thing must be done by sanitary rules.
This greatest of the worlds dairies is
close to the great city of Buenos Ayres
and in that city is the principal market
Forty places in that city of millioI
souls are built with white tile interiors
and here milk is sold by the glass
quart or greater measure Here the
butter and cheese are retailed, and
through these shops the people are in
direct touch with responsible and in.
telligent dictatorship.
In the enormous dairy of the Argen'
tine the business looks like a dress pa
rade of rural folk. At milking time ev'
cry man or maid must wear fresh white
clothes that are worn for no other pur
pose, with close white caps over the
hair. The milk and other products &c
to Buenos Ayres in the dairy's own
refrigerator cars. 1t has its own gen
eral depot. its own line of wagons fol
distributing the product. Every citi'
zen of Buenos Ayres has milk within
telephone call, and the sign San Mar
tin En- Canuelas" means luxury to the
citizen such as few cities of the world
can offer.
If our exports of butter have fallen
off, it may be that here is reason, fol
certainly we have competitor in Ar
gentina In 1895 that republic exported
100000 pounds of butter. In 1908 il
exported 11,70O,000 pounds. The Ar
gentine has 120,000,000 sheep as com
pared with 100000 in the United
States. She has 100000 cattle
against 46,000000 in the United States
Last year she had 8, 100000 acres of al
ealfa as compared with 2,095,O0O in the
United States. The Argentine has in
creased its exports of corn from 6S9,000
bushels in 1888 to 92,000,000 in 1908.
Her exports of wine in 1894 were 9000,-
900 gallons; in 1903, 100000 gallons.
In wheat expectation the Argentine
jumped from 100000 bushels in 1888
to 6O,0OO,O 900 in 1898 and 105, 100000 in
1903. In wheat production she raised
herself from eighth place in 1888 to
fourth place in 1903, the order now be-
ing Europe, United States, India, Ar
gentina.
AS a trading nation Argentina sup
plies other interesting figures. In
1893 her foreign trade was $190,000,-
600. In 1903 it was 1852 100000. More
over, she has raised the standard and
thereby the profit of her products.
For example, the average fleece of an
Argentine sheep in 1870 weighed one
and n half pounds. In 1908 the aver
age fleece weighed five and one-third
pounds. The average amount of dress
ed beef from a steer in 1870 was $50
pounds. In 1903 it was $50 pounds. So
the scrub to the beef breed. So much
for "book farmin'."
In the little state of Tucuman, the
Rhode Island of the Argentine Re
public, is a great community of sugar
makers. Here is population of co.
600 people, nearly all engaged in, and
certainly all thriving upon, the manu-
facture of cane sugar. 1t is in the far
north of the republic, where sugar
cane grows well, and here we may see
in the beautiful exhibit of the enter
prising. republic all the forms Of sugar
another transplanting of fixed sun
shine from q far southern cline Su-
gar manufacture in Tucuman is con-
trolled by English capital, and English
operatives are there helping in the
transmutation of sunshine into gold.
Argentinians are fond Of chocolate,
and the chocolate bean is one of the
staple crops. The display Of Argen-
tina skins and furs is part of the
exhibit In the Palace of Agriculture.
Among the choice things are a guiana
co blanket and an ostrich robe made
by Patagonan Indians.
Photographs portray the Argentine
people at their industries and their
pleasures. All the products that we
see about us bespeak refinement and
culture. The evidences of enterprise
and far seeing keenness in commerce
and industry are as indelibly stamped
upon each article displayed as though
they were part of each label or