The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-07-28

100000 head OF cattle In the country. The
Industry has never since been so lourshing.
TheG' natural cattle lands comprise about
17ooooo0O acres and could easily carry 1SO,.
O0oYO0 beef cattle and not be overstocked
In th" past the Industry has been much
hampered In both Columbia and Venezuela by
government restrictions, munopolles and taxa.
ton, ard the estimates to the cost OF cattle
production IN consequence vary much Under
the same favorable conditions as exist in Mex.
ico Argentina and Uruguay the llanos OF
Colombia and Venezuela can produce cattle
really for slaughter at cost which ought not
to exceed s. gold per head.
In the valley OF the Amazon there are no
such great prairie lands as exist on the Orc
noco, yet the whole there is as much or
even more frstcIass cattle country, n consid.
cradle part Of which is in easy deepwater
connection with the worlds markets.
The Amazon basin comprises oneeIghth Of
the habtahlo earth and une.half OF the most
fertile portion thereof In a territory so large
as this ii would be- unreasonable not to expect
to find many Varieties of soil and soil cover. and
such is the fact. Between the rivers tributary to
the great river and back from the bottoms are
here and there large tracts of open land SINH
lar to that found on the Gulf coast Of Mexico
in the prairie lands of Louisiana and In Hon.
duras and in Guatemala. This Is all fine cattle
country: there could he no better
Near the hcadwaters of the great rivers
that flow down to make the mighty Amazon.
on the eastern slope of the Andes are mil.
lions Of acres Of fine grass lands in Colombia.
Ecuador Peru and Bolivia, as we'll as in Bra.
I'll, that are more Immediately available for
cattle raising than are the lands farther east
in the great basin.
The thirl great river basin OF South
America Is that Of the Plate river, with which
must be included the southern half OF Argen.
tina, whose rivers drain directly into the At.
lantc. Any account of the cattle industry
of Argentina must of necessity be less story
of what cuR he done than OF what has been
done Included in the Plate basin in addition
70 Argentina are uruguay. Paraguay and
southern Brazil. The cattle conditions are
similar over all this area.
Argentina ranks third IN the wor( rs n
cattleprolucing country. Russia and the Uni.
ted states atone lead II; but Argentina has
only about G.0O0O 900 inhabitants to feed which
accounts for the fact that 1t Is the leading
country In beef exports Russia and the Uni.
ted States must consume most OF what they
raise; Argentina ships the greater proportion
OF what 1t raises, not only beef cattle, but
horses, shc"p wool, corn. wheat and faxseed
At the last census, taken about two years
ago. there were 2g.11G.G2O cattle in Argentina
and about C,00O 900 In Uruguay This is nearly
all grade stock OF the best English blood
Shorthorn, Hereford and Aberdeen.Angus Ar.
gentna and Uruguay cattle are reared under
conditions somewhat peculiar to the locality.
They are not range cattle nor yet exactly farm
cattle, and but little or no grain is fed. yet
the export steers of Buenos Aires or Monte.
video are fully equal in size and will cut as
much prime beef and as little waste as the
best steers Of Kansas. Pennsylvania or south.
west Virginia
III the central provinces OF Buenos Aires.
Cordoba, Santa Fe. Entire Rios and Corrientes
the native grasses are better and more alfalfa
is grown. These Ave are the principal cattle.