The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-16

in extending tnelT tIdOe, anu no
been ready 20 pay better prices thaI
the British and Argentinos.
AS result they have had the best
animals. and the others had to pay
the price or take what was l"Tt
ince the Americans have entered the
field the value Of the live stock al
over Argentina has risen, and IN that
way the American packers have been
of great benefit to the country "H-
day the Americans own three or the
biggest packing companies OF the re-
public, and two other companies IN
Urusay are under United States own
ership. They are now exporting more
meat to Europe and to the United
States than all Of the otheS COM
panies combined, and, if I am rightly
informed, their shipments have al
ready amounted to the grand total Of
3.500,000 cattle and sheep. The new
Armour plant will be i'll operation
early in the summer and when com
pleted it will have daily capacity OF
2,4O0 catle< 5000 sheep. and 1900
hogs The La Plata Cold Storage
Company. belonging to the Swifts, is
being SO enlarged that it's daily ca
pacity will be 1900 cattle and 5000
sheep, while each company will en-
nloy several thousand additional men
If these two American concerns could
be run at full capacity throushont
whole year they would slaughter dur
ing that time. more than million
and half of cattle. more than 3.0OO.-
900 sheep, and about 1.200.0a0 hogs.
and at the average prices of today.
the animals Wauld he worth SOn7e-
where about $50. 100000. In addi-
| ton to them are the other frigarificos
SO that the renublic will probably he
hle to handle all the beef it can
raise for some time to come.
| 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
| markets. All Of the frigerificos look
| upon us as one Of their chief custo-
mers Of the future, and the stock
raisers are our friends They realize
how our meat supply is decreasing,
| and statements are published almOs.
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 Argen4
tina must come into supply the deficit
I see it stated today that our meat
imports are rapidly growing, and now
that there is no duty on beef, it is
believed they will be further increaS-
ed. The Herald of today, says that
our neatstuffs imported in 1911
amounted to only 100000, and
that in 1912 they gained rs per cent
>ver the year preceding while in 191;
the amount had jumped tt
. SIS, 100000
At the same time the meat demand
Of Europe is steadily growing on &C
count Of the war. There are nov
: ninety-one steamships carrying chill
I ed beef to England and those vessel
!, 100000 pounds. There are altogethe
S 229 vessels that can carry froze1
meat, and other ships are hein;
equipped with refrigerating facilities
: The most Of the meat is carried b.
e the Lamport & Holt line steamer
:, and by certain other vessels Of tn
t Nelson line, which are controlled b
e the Lamport & Holt.
= The freight rate on beef to Ne7
>, York is now about 1-2 cents De
L pound and this is IL cent less tha
the freight rate to London. This wi
d show you how easily the Argentin
# Eepubllc can compete in the Unite
# States market. AS to the quality c
20 the meat, it all comes direct from tn
n estancias and is from animals tha
- never had an ounce of grain in the
" lives. Nevertheless, it is equal to G
d better than the average run Of me;
IA of the United States. 1t is r,ct
Ia good as our choice corn-fed Sbeef. b,
Is 1t is Of a very high grade, and it
Is growing better every year. We hay
~ no such breeding up Of cattle as
Il now going on in Argentina. T hax
"a attended some of the stock show
ts here, and am surprised at the hie
as prices paid for breeding animals.
~ the past four years it is estimate
"a "a that Argentina has spent $4,000, O(
;" Tor hlgh-class bulls imported frol
s. England. 1t has brought in : oon
ts them. During the years 1907 ar
80 80 1905 5000 head of cattle were in
- ported. and today there are mo-
- than $4,000 head of pedigreed catt
~ registered in the herd book of Il
At argentine Rura Society. Among the
~ are o''ooo Shorthorns, 10000 Her