The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-30
SOUTH AMERICA MEAT HOPE NOW
 OF THE ALLIES

lation of the world increasing faster than the growth of the meat supply. government experts foresee a serious problem to be solved in the not far distant future.
 The situation in the United States has reached an interesting stage. Within the last ten years. the popu- laton has increased about Is per cent while the herds of the nation which brought the meat industry to its present high development have de- clined 20 per cent. In Europe. the condition Is even more serious be- cause of the depletion due to the war. Australia and New Zealand continue to produce great quanti ties of meat, but the distance to the congested centers of population adds much to the expense of marketing. South Americas vast fields and splendid ~herbage, therefore. are be- | ing looked to as the source of supply now as well as after the war.
 ! Argentina is today the most im- portant beef producing country in the world. according to a review of meat packing in South America by 1 the Latin-A American Division of the Bureau tof Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Uruguay also is becom- ing a center of the industry in Bra gil. Paraguay. Colombia and Vene- zuela to less extent Out of a total | of 915.64l tons of beef. mutton and lamb produced in 1916. Argentina produced 436.405 tons New Zea- land and Australia 262.176 tons. the United States s0.522 tons. Uru- quay +3,S95 tons. Brazil 33.571 . tons, Canada 21.732 tons and other countries the remainder.
 Development of cattle breeding i in South America has been direct result of the discovery of refriger- ation. Until the practice of freez- ing meat was introduced. South American commerce in meat was : negligible. being confined to the shipment of low grade or salted beef. for which there was no sale. When American and British capital estab- liShed plants in Argentina and Uru- quay. and later in other countries for freezing or chilling meat so that 1t could be shipped fresh across the ocean, commanding high prices and beng in great demand, native ranch men began to improve their stock by the introduction of thoroughbreds.
 As result. millionaire ranchmen in Argentina and Uruguay are al most as plentiful as millionairS Gil men in Oklahoma. Frozen meat is being used extensively by the Allied armies and the flow of gold in the worlds commerce has been showing an increasing trend toward South America.
 Meat packing in Argentina has been so successful because it was spared the hardships which new industry usually encounters Profit ing by American experience, the plants were established along mod era lines without costly experiment. 4 market already had been created in Europe by the shipment of frozen meat from the United States Ar gentina is now seeking to increase her herds to keep pace with the capacities of the packing houses, While Brazil IS en0eavorlng to aug ment the number of packing houses to handle the plentiful supply of stock. The Brazilian government is giving every encouragement to breed CTS to improve their strain of cattle. : Colombia has offered a subsidy of ID 10000 to the first packing house established in that country. Columbia has approximately 1,O00,- 900 head of cattle which can be ex- ported now only on the hoof Amer ican, British and Swedish firms are reported to be investigating the sub