Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-26

u II day, December ~.
Someone has aptly said ''Show me
what a nation eats and l will tell
you what they are" Just so 1t might
be said "ShoW me what nation pro-
duces and exports and l will show
you its future" Argentine has a
wonderful future ahead.
During the year 1912 she exported
products to the amount of 4S0, 391, ,256s,
gain of l55, ,693, 1855 over the year lsl1.
1909 and 1910 showed exports exceed
! ing S0,000,000$ increase over the pre-
ceding years. The Increases of the
past two years were due principally
| to two products alone, meat and
! agricultural products. The greater of
| these two was agricultural, due
| largely to improved methods of hand
ling the crops, as we'll as improved
machinery, permitting q greater
| acreage, for in the year 1910 the inn
ports of agricultural machinery
| amounted to 1922, ,s2Ss and in the fol-
| lowing year the exports jumped mil
lions Of pesos.
Cheap Beef and Hides.
| Argentine in the past has pro-
| duced steers profitably for from $40
| to $40 per head at the abatoir. The
very cheapness of the live animal
has led in the past to carelessness In
handling the by-products, with re-
sultant loss to the slaughterhouse.
American leather manufacturers
complain about the poor condition OF
the Argentine hides, owing to cuts,
bruises, ho.es etc, and the hides do
not split" to advantage therefore.
The labor of tanning a poor hide is
just as great as In tanning a perfect
skin, but the value of the finished
product Is quite different. Buying
hides is a risky procedure, for one
batch of skins may turn out good,
while the next one may result In a.n
Indifferent sort of leather. One of
the great profits in leather making Is
in splitting the hide, making more
than one. the outside being the bet
ter leather, while the inside splits"
are used for fancy feathers that win
take dressing, patent feathers, etc.
The poor condition of the hides Is
now remedied by care on the "estan-
cia' as well as at the abatoir.
The Encroaching Agriculturist.
The history of the cattle industry
in Argentine Is following lines SINH
lar to that of the past in the United
States. The cattleman is gradually
giving way to the encroaching agri-
culturist-intensive methods SUPER
cede extensive. The grazing lands
are getting farther and farther away
from the centres of population Sheep
raising Is pursued and exists where
cattle can find no sustenance 1t Is
q common saying in the cattle coun-
try that sheep will live on land a
steer has graZed over, and q goat will
exist after sheep. but the devil him
self would starye after the goat"
For thai reason the Gattlemen hate
the sheep herder and the latter de-
tests the goat owner, whose animals
don't leave the roots even. The fenc-
ing of lands and their devotion to
aericulture is receiving the opposi-
tion Of the cattlemen, who sooner or
later. sec the great light and join the
ranks Of wheat, corn and flax
growers.
A Farmer" IN Argentine.
A farm or "estancia" of six square
miles IS the usue hing in Areentine,
and ''estancieros' with a place of 100
square miles are not uncommon. 1t
must be remembered that Argentine
Is as large as the entire United
States east of the Mississippi River.
Thus II will be seen that ownership
of land limits the number of cattle
an estanciero can profitably find graz
Ing for They are discovering the
Iaet that IL is cheaper and better
business to raise lucerne. or alfalfa.
which grows luxuriantly there, and
feed In the cattle pens than to let
cattle Craze Unfortunately. as they
destroy as much grazing land as they
use. This also helps along the victory
for the agriculturist.
The Combination Industry.
The great combination industry is
cropping, combined with ca tie rajs
ing, growing the crops and fattenins
the beeves and mutton for the
trigorihcios," or meat-free2ing es-
adjustments, where meat Is frozen
Tor export, Argentine will always
be a great food producing country
and money naturally will few in
from all parts OF the world Europe
has reached that point where she
must import part of her fool supply
and the United States ls rapidiy ap-
proaehins that point where she will
barely have enough to feed her grow
ing millions To South America the
world must look for its future food
supply.
Natures Storehouse.
Argentine is a great alluvial plain.
with a deep, rich black soil that will
bear fruitfully for years before re-
quirins fertilizing. One method
adopted Of reaping wheat is helpful
to returning TO the ear.h part OF is
fertility. machine from Anstraiia
instead of cutting the wheat and
stacking the bundles. simply clips Off
the heads OF the wheat. threshes 1t
and sacks the char cleaned grain.
This leaves the straw standing to
be eaten by cattle or piowod under
and thus enriehing the soil The
banes Of the agricuiturist are the
hot north winds ard the iocusts One
blows down from the north and
everything Just dries and shrivels
up. Ike our own hot winds of Okla