The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-06

the coming breed a few years ago, wa:
in such little favor at Palermo that il
was difficult to find bidder. The cham
pion of this class went for only 81 SOC
paper. The Angus steer, however, is in
great demand among the establishments
that pack frozen beef. Only recently
lprices in the ordinary cattle markets
went as high as $400 paper for this type
Iof steer-probably a world record.
One outcome of the fourishing state
of the grazing industry may be improve
ments in the Argentine ranches. With
the exception of a few localities, graz
ing is carried ON under primitive eondi-
tons, with little application of science
and expert knowledge.
! Argentina is an ideal grazing country,
but the natural pasture, except lands
in the privileged zones, is very
scrubby. Owing to these visible disad-
vantages lands were sold by the league
in the old times, the price being based
upon the quantity of stock that could
be carried. There are vast extensions,
hundreds of thousands OF leagues, that
are still obtainable at prairie value. The
poor settler can do nothing with these
lands. He would starve on a league OF
it il he had not gun to shoot birds.
But the rich syndicate or private in.
weston could, and many do, buy with
view to improvement. When this is
done judiciously the results are surpris-
ing.
In this country stock is never housed.
Some animals preparing for the show,
are raised in special paddocks but the
animal raised for the butcher rarely
sees the inside of a building, or tastes !
anything but pasture grass. This out
of-door life saves expense, and, doubt
less, avoids some of the cattle diseases.
The settler who purchased land forty |
years ago at prairie value and put il 1
under alfalfa, Is the wealthy estaneiero !
Of to-day. Some of the big estancias ,
have been handed down from father TO
son, but Argentine law governing sue
cession il altogether contrary 20 the MAIN
tenance Of hereditary interest, for when
the owner dies, there is generally a d.
vision of all his estate among his heirs.
The great enemy of grazing and agri-
il drought and at present IL Is
keenly felt in Cordoba, the principal al
falfa province where it is complicated
By the locusts, a plague which has cost
he republic millions 90 keep down. IL
: claimed that the depredations Of the
Voraeious insect are not so great as
but just now il is admitted
hat the damages being caused are very
treat. The insects come from Bolivia,
Brazil and Paraguay. The return 90 their
quarters in those countries after Argen-
Inc has spent much money killing a
more or less negligible percentage OF
hem and they return in clouds the fol.
owing season. In regard 90 drought the
,roblem j. no less complex. The repub-
ic Is 20 large, and the natural rainfall
; 20 unequally distributed that the trou- /,
'le Is endemic in about Hine-tenths 81
he total area. The various schemes q :
have cost enormous sums Of
money and created only an oasis here
nd there.
The skilful settler or wealthy estan-
Zero contents himself with sinking wells 9
md erecting windmills 70 supply his
'0use and stock, but u d obviously i'm
'0ssible 10 overcome. BY artificial means.
BE- heavy handicap imposed BY nature
~. Ross. an American expert Who has
ieen touring the province. suggests q
olution- He finds that there are 80
areties ~ the oaetus natural % the
0untry. Te thinks that this plant De-
rived Fl thorus - breeding them aut.
-Utild solve the aiHiaultr The cartus
in thrive in fhe poorest sul. and 81
ercert - its lesf weight i Nater. The
bre II tie plsnt Is clio declared ussIul
1r TIRE feNtils industry The alfalfa
hart however. must sfin cuntinue %
% the Geld IN q literal senss.