The evening herald., 1917-03-20
SOUTHERN BRAZIL IS
RICH IN FINE HERDS
OF DLOODED CATTLE
Rio Grande du Sol Is a Surprise
to Travellers; Preparations Be.
ing Made for Great Livestock
Congress Next May.

Porto Allegro, Rio GrundC do sui,
Brazil March Brazil Is forming
rIccs of its oNu--both OF mon aud OF
cattle such was the summary cf
things which the sturdy President of
the State of Rio Grandc do SUI gave
To ia" writer. after juurneying for days
across th" vast uuduiatiug strctcha,
of hills and plains and rivers which
form th" basis OF the most natural
cattle country of the world Rio
Grardc du SUI. the most southern of
the Brazilian states Is surprise to
travellers. tuihe the flat lands Of Ar
p"rtua. here one finds "a smiling land
of hills and lakes and campo dotted
pN farm houses set lottily upon hill
tops shaded and enhanced ny mxurianI
scmi-tropicni trees ana flower gar
d,us 10 is % Vortiblc land Of PROM
i-c, and the signs of its future can be
read 'n the grazing herds Of fat cat
t'r. Jhy waving Durnfelds, the ever
present water brooks 1ud O. climate as
,Iuah.o and fair us tho northern June
A. one wind. about these rolling
hills aud lakes ON the railway Of Bra
1iI. which now peuountc~ many
parts % this state. the constant Wou-
der .s thH' tho riches ur such coun.
long ago. why are there but million
Hu1 hJr inhabitants Boo this great
l.,e and fertile pounuuvv1tu' WHY
have the ru,rn ur twenty million
head cot cattle. estimated to exist in
+ ih. section ot Brzu. not been dis-
/ ccrupd before by the Swins aud Ar
muur Of the world Judging from
the rich fields or wheat. barley. rye
a
/ 2ili1u southland is capable ~ almost
anvthWr nri"ulturnlly speaking why
has tho l.ht OF ns varied resources
been hid under n bushol'
In answer tu such queries which the
writer put to officials and laudown-
ers IN Porto Allegro, pelotas. Ril
Graude do sui ana other uourIshins
towns OF thls new but old country,
the answer usually ran as follows
we have needed population. Roads
have been wanting until comparative
Is recently \ means to utilize our
cattle. such as the big 'frigorificos'
common in Argentina, which would
stimulate our people 20 the care and
higher cultivation OF the herds, have
ouR just begun to appear here. Then
too. Brazil has had such limitless
in a land of fruits and sunshine
there has not been the need or IN,
Inclination toward industry hy "A peo-
pie who have lived So easily on boom,
and ready loans from Europe.
u Is tor such reasons AS these that
Brazil now finds herself on tn,
threshold OF one OF the greatest de.
velopments that have set marked hci
. no 80 lt.fs of "a IA. hf
.li"ves, aud with good right 90 the be
'hrt that she Is to become the grol
/ cattle country of the earth. that RI,
Gruudy do sui viii lead. and tha'
Malta Grossa aud other inland state
viii follow. Already five big friguri
fro firms are establishing plants b.
this south Brazil and several of then
arc iu the beginning making arrange,
m"u's to u-o 1000 ott'l" u dty. Leading
in the industry tuut promise. to oclips,
anything that Australia. Argentina nj
the United States have Jgrompli~hc,
100 this hu-iucys uf feeding the world
Tho dut Of Southorn Brazil is jus
daVnIus There is spirit or gcttiut
ready throughout these immense do
mains. o. was the writer's priviog,
~ travel on the Rrolil HailN1y for
moro than 5000 miles through thcs'
nwah.uug southern states lie foun,
this really crcat railway ichahilitat,
iug itself under new American man
agymcnt a road that uulN receutl'
was placed i1 the receivers hands i'
now huVinE profit BOO these southern
-1t'. \ visit tp the great dock works
n Ein Grludo de- Sulwhcr. there arr
acre. OF reclaimed land and cNtcusiy,
d a