The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-26
Aires and La Plata

every day. Some Of it's meat goes to
the markets of Buenos Aires Some
goes to Europe. There it is used for
feeding the soldiers, and from now
on great deal will be shipped to the
United States l took an automobile
last week and rode out to the site of
the factory. We were three quar-
ters OF an hour in passing the great
docks Of BuenOS Aires, and it was
some distance up the river that we |
got ferry boat which carried us |
to the other bank and landed US at a |
group of great buildings made Of re-
infOrced concrete and rooted with gal
vanized iron. / had with me MFR. |
Pierce, the manager of the Armour
business in BuenOS Aires, and he in
trOduced me to Mr.. Story, who is in
charge Of La Blanca 1t was with him
and Mr.. Pierce that I went through
the factory
Before beginning our inspection we
clad ourselves in white cotton over
coats to protect our clothes from the
| dirt We started in at the cattle pens
where the animals were awaiting the
killing, and thence went from room
| to room until We saw the beef frozen
| stiff and being put into the steamer
| on its way to New York. The cattle
pens are all under cover, and their
| area must be at least half dozen
| acres. They are in tow floors, the
| animals being kept at least two days
! in the pen before killing. There were
| more than 5000 fine beeveS on hand
| when We went through, and as |
| walked back and forth over the plat
| form under the roof l had fine view
/ have never seen better steers out
side our stock shows. The most Of the
animals were shorthorns and Here
dc md T f01A no hot
age weight as they stood there on the
hoOf was more than 1900 pounds
There was almost no riH-raff among
them. They had small heads, short
necks. the wide, smooth. fat backs
and the the great TANKS that mark the
type Of good beef.
Nearly all Of the Argentine stock
| has good blood. and the eStanciaros
! are breeding their cattle up to the
highest standard. A single man may
: own hundreds Of thousands Of ami
. mails. and an additional hundred
.. pounds weight in steer would make
an enormous difference in his an
nual profit. The farmers cannot at
, ford to keep poor stock, and they re-
: alize the value of scientific breeding
Indeed, believe that higher price:
are paid for blooded stock here thar
= in any other part of the world 1t il
> not uncommon for a bull to bring
$1,000, and one was sold not very Ions
: ago that brought $4,000. and thu
;. purchaser had to pay the auctiOneer'
fee Of $4,000 in addition. Nearl
4 every large estancia in the province o
= Euenos Aires has bulls that are Wort]
= 5000 and upward, and COWS are Of
;. ten sold at $1,000. OF late they hav
5 been importing many bulls from Eu
II rope and the United States, and the
v>, 81 1Ioe-
II daily proceeds run into the tens Q
~ thousands Of dollars. I see advertise
L ments OF auctions to be held on tn
~ estancias that specify that the thou
IS sands Of animals sold will go to tn
Il highest bidders. Such auctions ar
usually held upon Sundays, and the
- are attended by people from mile
~ and miles away. There are also reg
re ular stock sales on the edge of Buene
e Aires, where the blooded ANNA
m bring quite as much as they do
VI our country.
+ The cattle mature more quick
nv here than in the United States. tt
o most of the animals [ saw waitiI
ef for killing were from three to fl,
"A years Of age The thirty fve-thOl
is san dollar bull 1 have referred
oil was q two-year-old. and it weighe
nf ton. OF all the stock in the pei
,ct whose average weight, as / have sal
va was 1900 pounds, not one had ev
ID. eaten q y aiii VI ooA -. ~ ".
fattened on grass or alfalfa. Not OF
of of them had even been inside a bar
~ and all had had to hustle for Their
he selves since they were calves, No
he Withstanding this they were as Qui
no as any show cattle | have ever SCI
on in Chicago. and they had every e1
nj uehce oh having o0eh cal q =
= handled.
of
Of Leaving these pens OF waiting 81
ers mails, l was shown through the ia
WIS tory passing through room after roc
he and watching all the processes
rk- turning the live stock to beef. 7
as cattle have TO pass through SWll
It's. | ming box on their way 70 the Kiln
;,-o room Az they wade through I