El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-13

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the republic will probably be able to
handle all the beef il can raise for
some time TO come.
shipping Much Meat to Europe
The American packing firms Of
Buenos Aires are now shipping more
meat TO Europe than TO the United
States, and the Argentine and British
packing firms here send also to our
upon us as one of their chief custom
ers OF the future, and the stock
raisers are our friends. They realize
how our meat supply is decreasing
daily showing how our exports have
dropped until We have now less meat
than we need. They know that our
cattle are fewer in number than ever
before, and they believe that Argen-
tina must come in TO supply the def
The meat demand Of Europe Is
steadily growing on account of the
war There are now 81 steamships
carrying clGIled beef to England. and
4oe,000,000 pounds There are alto
Eether 229 vessels that can carry
frozen meat. and other ships are be-
ing equipped with refrigerating IA
cilities- The most OF the meat is
carried by the LampOrt and Holt line
steamers and by certain other vessels
Of the Nelson line. which are con-
trolled by the Lamport & Holt
Favorable Rate 70 New York.
The freight rate on beef 10 New York
is now about I L. cents per pound. and
this is one half cent less than the
freight rate to London
This viii show you how easily the
Argentine Republic can compete in the
United States market As 70 the
quality of the meat. il all comes di-
1arH re-
animals who have never had an ounce
Of grain in their lives. Nevertheless,
II is equal 20 or better than the av-
erage run of meat Of the United States.
IT is not so good as our choice corn
fed beef but il is of a very high grade.
and IL is growing better every year
We have no such breeding mp OF cattle
as is now going on I'm Argentina
have attended some of the stock shows
here. and am surprised m the high
prices paid for breeding animals.
Spends MILLIONS for Bulls.
Tn the past four years IL is estimated
that Argentina has spent Ss.0OU.ro0 for
high class bulls imported from Ing
land il has brought i'm 5000 Of them.
During the years 1907 and 1905 5000
head or cattle were imported. and to-
day there are more than $4,000 head
or pedIErecd cattle registered i'm the
herd book of the Argentine Rural So
cietv. Among these are $1,000 Short
horns. 10000 Herefords. and several
thousand Polled Angus
The favorite type for beef produc-
non rs the Durham, a breed which
gives excellent results when crossed
with the native COW The Herefords
are also popular and the Red short
horns DO especially wei in the alfalfa
country All breeds thrive on the
pampas-
ON the Pereyra farm 7 saw 5000
cows worth from several hundred 10
several rnnrT sand HrsTTara
Dull for which the owner was offered
$4,000 not long ago and refused it.
On the same day that the bun Americus
was sold Tor S35.0eo another bull
brought 100000, and q third one sold
Tor $4,000 These prices make ones
eyes bulge, but when il is remembered
that some Of the big estancerios here
own as many as 100000 cattle and sell
every year as many as 10000 steers
it viii be seen that the addition of a
hundred pounds or so 20 the weight !
Of 2 steer means a great profit This |
increase IS brought about by good Z
breeding
Cattle shows Held Yearly.
There are cattle shows held here
every YEAR and 10 is not uncommon To /
have 1000 cattle and from sou In 10uH Z
sheep on exhibit a fat stock sale 4
lilen brings in a great deal of money. {
Certain ones have brought in as much /
as SloOO,nu0, and net sales Of $500 Ou0 4
famous bulls are -.nOwn evervwhere
and every man Keeps his stock book
ana stock register. At the sales the
most popular cattle are the Shorthorns
ana next TO them the Herefords
At recent sale at Palermo. where
ne prices are especially low. the best
'ulL known as Beauty's Stamp.
brought only $500. while a number Of
llner bulls brought from $1,000 to
5000. The best Herefords brought
'520e. and the total sales of Hereford
pulls Melted altogether only S6S 900 The
prices give some idea OF the financial
'uingency caused by the war tuene-
ne bidders were men who have bulls Z
pm their eStaucias which cost $4,000 I
IND upward One was Manuel Cobo. ]
who imported Rufus at a cost Of !
$4,000 and who has sold bulls. from Z
us estate at prices Of over $4,000.
stock Expectations f{aiSe standard.
The impOrtGtions OF foreign stock are !
apidly raising the standard Of Argen- I
inc beef Twenty years ago so per- I
ent of the cattle here We're native !
red They were Of the class known !
IS CrioIas, the offspring of the Span I
sh stock, which was deteriorated by {
nbreediug- At present only about y
'ercent of the stock is native bred and
. percent is more or less foreign bred /
The first Shorthorn bull. Tarquin. Z
as brought iu more than sixty wears
so, and among the pure bred Short
."rns, bulls and cows, imported from I
-uElauc nine years later were tn. bull
'efiauce and the COW Coral which /
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