The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-10
BRAZIL PLANTERS
 ARE ENTHUSIASTIC
 ON CATTLE RAISING
European War Has ln- creased the Demand for Frozen Meats and Hides
 to Great Extent

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November | Correspondence of the Associated Press) Brazilian agriculturists and business men in the states of Sac Paulo, Rio de Janelro' Matto Crosse, Minas Geraes, Bama ana other parts are in verltable fever as one planter expressed it few days ago, over the possibilities of the cattle-ralslns industry in Brazil. While hides for q long time past have been large and an important item in the Brazilian ex- port list, the scientific breeding Of cattle as carried on in districts of the United States, Europe and the Argentine, has not been a feature of the industry in Brazil Most of the cattle, except some of those in the southern states, have ex- isted in an almost wild condition and have been slaughtered for their hides alone. The European war, with it's con- sequent immense demands for frozen and refrigerated beef, has opened the eyes of the Brazilian coffee, cotton and even sugar planters, to the new and possibly more lucrative uses to which their great land holdings may be put and a boom in the cattle business like that in wood, diamonds, cotton, rubber and coffee in the past decades is predicted
 That the United States will not be be- hind in getting it's share of this new trade was made evident when the head of one of the largest Chicago packing plants recently visited Brazil in a more or less secret manner, and, after looking over the ground, is said to have pur- chased grazing lands in one of the south eastern states covering more than a mill lion acres. Three days ago several rep resentatives of this packer arrived in Rio de Janero, among them experts in the construction department. As a result. it is said, plans will be drawn for the erection of modern establishments where the most up-to-date methods in the slaughter and preservation of the meat and utilization of by-products known to the trade will be established.
 In order to meet the demand which will be created by these new conditions many coffee planters in the state of Sac Paulo and other parts have decided to irn- port blooded stock from Europe and the United States that cattle fit for the best beef may be on hand when required. Eff fecive methods for the protection and sanitation of the skins will also be in- roduced with the idea of making Brazil a rival of the Argentine as world -storehouse for beef.
 For the encouragement of the new in- dustry the Brazilian government has de- z cided to hold a cattle exhibition in the capital next May, where valuable cups Z and other prizes will be awarded to the successful exhibitors. New veterinary schools will be established and the cattle { industry departments of the government ' agricultural schools strengthened. Euro pean, and, for the first time, American judges will be employed for the eXpos- ton.
 < The area of grazing lands in Brazil is z reported to be immense, although the Z lands most fitted are to be found in the southeastern states. However, wild cat north as the lower course of the great Amazon where droves of them often wade into the great river in order to crop the tops of the lush grasses which grow over miles of this region.
 The history of the development of the resources of Brazil has been one of the succession of booms from the days of the old captaincies under the colonial regime to the more recent ones of dia- mond, coffee, rubber and cotton. Before the establishment of the empire and after the search for gold had proven more or less unavailing, the early adventures came for cargoes of Brazil wood dis regarding all of the other possibilities which the immensely rich country offered. Diamonds were discovered later and all attention was centered on this industry, which resulted in the introduction Of African slaves in immense numbers n order that the mines might be worked. Cotton and rubber had their days and lastly came coffee, which has since been the great source of riches for Brazil. Now the acreage in that berry, which was introduced here from Arabia not so very long ago, historically speaking. has been so overplanted that the supply exceeds the demand and the price has gone down in spite of the Brazilian governments efforts to limit the exportation and hold the bulk of the crop for higher prices.
 Cattle is the answer to this somewhat planters and they are turning to the new industry as their salvation. The British government has recently become interested in the question and it is an- nounced that the establishment of pack ing plants similar to those existing in the Argentine is sure to follow Besides the beef and by-products end of it the Brazilian believes that great future lies in the leather to be supplied to the Russian people, most of whose 1So,OOO O90 men, women and children wear top boots. He is going after this market by rais- ing cattle for the foreign manufacturer who at this writing it seems will prob ably be the man from the United States and from England.
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