The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-09

river and others in the aile@i,a biob
ION Some Of the estanciao Vii
raise cattle for beef are ~" the
;,r +beir COWS. In such cases ~
ll19 ora Given over TO dalrymeh' "ilo
60 care of the milk for a percei1.-
- the nrofits The COWS VIII ne
e:,iaod nm into herds of from loo ~
| 900 and one man may pt III &c
~ ooch herd. The milk is taken 20
| the factories or creamerles' ",o ia
dairymen get about oie-'
| profits. o.
srbore ara two large butter factories
| in this country which are run as e.
| nneratixe institutions. These are I4a
/; Argontina and EI Progreso. La AT
| oentina works up the SKIM itiiA "
| more than 100 creamerles. ana potli A.
and FL PrO2reSO are exporters VI ouI-
| ter I am told that there are nun
her of other dairieS with from 4.ooo
~ 600 COWS. and that these include
| such breeds as Shorthorns. Red LIN
| coins and Red Poles. as we'll as the
| Dutch breeds. The favOrite mlicn
| COW for the Argentine seems TO pe the
| Dutch helted variety, so-cailed Iroiii
the wide belt Of white hair Wnlch
runs around its black body. These
animals have what is called the mix
shane. They have good udders, thin
| neckS. straight backs, wide breasts
and small horns They can stand the
changes Of climate, and will thrive on
anv kind of fodder. They are noted
for being quiet. and the bulls are
seldom ill-tempered. They are said
to be good for beef as Well as Tor Hlik: =
/! During my visit to the estancia OF
San Juan, near La Plata, | saw a
snecial breed Of COWS. created by
| Senior Pereya, who owns altogether
something like 10000 head of stock,
and who was the owner Of the bull
Americus, that was sold at auction TO!
$4,000 gold dollars This new breed
is a cross of the Holstein with the
Polled Angus. 1t has produced a
very fine milking strain, and the
ma ior domo told me he considered it
superior to that Of any other in this
| part of the world.
The Argentines are breeding their
8 meat cattle up to a better status thar
> that of almost any other country anC
, to breeding up their dairy cattle they
? will probably do equally well with
+ them. AS it is now there are abou
/ 100 dairies in the country but these
g have all sprung up within the pas
] | twenty years.
: Indeed the story OF the evolution
@ Of cattle breeding and dairying in Ar
8 gentina is one Of the wonders in th'
history of stock raising. Even nov
it is not uncommon to find an eStanci;
o that has tens of thousands Of cows
d using canned milk for it's coffee, an,
: in the past butter has been practically
r unknown on many Of the estates tha
k owned more COWS than Job eve
Ii dreamed Of possessing. Today NOR
y than 100000 quarts Of milk ar
ID brought into Buenos Aires ever
t. morning, and the annual export G
n
q These figures, I know, are nothin
ie in comparison with the statistics c
II our American dairy interests. W
u are now annually making more tina
80 a half billion pounds Of butter an
more than three hundred millio
-. ~ pounds Cf condensed milk every yea
~ and the total value of the product {
It our dalrying is close to $500, 900, co.
~ But 1t must be remembered that {
ho Tar SIS such things are concerned "
~, are an old country, while as to moo
ern dairying the Argentine is practi.
j. any new. Moreover, we have 100
100000 people and the Argentine le
IF than 100000. This country is az
ar Vahclhg more rapidly in such matte
#, than we are, and in the future
We may form one Of our great sources
- butter supply.
he
80 ~ Iiic luLUTc meat and D!lfr
production Of the Argentine, its poss
OF bliltles are beyond conception WI
We. intensive farming and upDreedine n
k proporuonate increase will soon
iHucn more rapid than it is now. Th
lily - a natural stock country, and
rat me past, where the animals ran will
nd .nVs loiineo enormous herds that su
lch passed i'll number those Of o,'r ~,
i've faloes - 0''i ou
eef 1t must be remembered that y
red counCry had no cattle, horses or she
Ing Ghen they were brought in by +
Cpa' Spanlaros' Fortythree years aft
eii. H. podrn frt,ipus W discovered America, D
IN Ieuro de Mendoza brought over he
ich seventy-two hourses and mares :
ma ma eeoiony mad terrible time and III
ne lnally went to Asuncion in Para OH.
me aoi Sd hlrg part Of their horses Ahc
eae ea q generation later another colo
,1n ,ins nant., s,,tu nere and they found that t