The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-09


ducts To ali OF the other provinces
and countries about. and ii viii prob
ably soon be exporting butter to the
lnited states.
Indeed the Argentine Republic
promises 80 cater moro and more TO
the North American stomach. 1t has
begun to furnish US q part OF our
chops, steaks and roasts and III time
it will be supplying much OF our
bread and the butter thereon. Later
l may write of the bread possibilities.
In this letter | shall treat Of the but
ter alone. The dairy industry Of the
Argentine is just at its beginning.
Nevertheless, It's annual butter pro-
duct is already something like 16,00o.
600 pounds. and the shipments 10 the
United States have already begun. BY
the Buenos Aires Herald Of this very
morning I see that 1000 boxes Of
sixty pounds each were received in
New York yesterday. and that another
butter cargo of 5000 boxes is now on
its way. All Of this has been sold in
advance and It will be used in New
York Chicago and Boston. The pa
per states that the buyers are mostly
hotels, and that the import has al
ready caused a decline in our prices
The butter. when landed, cost fraC
ton over 20 cents & pound, and ii Wa!
sold at 45 cents. AT this rate it car
be shipped from here at q profit.
But to return TO the great butte
farm Of Vicente Casares. The station
here was named after the man VIII,
established it. II is now run by hi
sons one of whom is the assistant sec
retary of agriculture of the Argentin
Republic. The other owners belon
tu family which Is one Of The ricl
ones of this part Of the world, an
they have their country homes o
The estate The dairy farm proper i
business institution. pure an
simple 1t i not run for show no
FOR pleasure. 1t is manaGed like
great American factory win expert
in charge OF the plant and the tn
work goes on with the best OF me
chinery imported from all parts OF TT
world The plowing is done wit
steam plows made in our country. tt
SterillMng machinery comes from Ell
rope and the patterns Of the churr
are from far-oI Australia The bu
ter fat is tested by an American IL
Vention. and the milk is pasteurize
upon the basis Of conclusions reacht
by the great scientist OF France. A
of the machines in the factory a
moved by steam. and the steam
made with coal brought here fro
England. The floors of cement an
walls OF white porcelain are also
imported materials and they are r
carefully set as those OF a millionair,
bathroom.
| have spent this whole morning
going through the establishment a.
over the farm. Ny conductor W
the manager, an Italian expert
the business. He could not spe
English, and my Italian and Spani
are lame. as is also my French. Ho
ever with all three we managed
understand each other. The m
took ne through room after room +
ed with shining machinery. Ever
thing was immediately clean and
can assure You that you need have
Tear OF disease from Argentine b,
ter made in this way
Later on We took g look at
cows. driving through field after fl
on which hundreds were grazing. T
farm Is divided into camps and s
tons. and each station has q hol
Tor its manager, near which is
milking corral. The cows feed
OF doors all the year round, but Il
are driven in every morning. I'll
are MIXED once a day only, and
is In the corral, which is surroun,
Dy woven wire fence and GOV
perhaps an acre. About one iInd