The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-13
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In Msxiee
Mexico City, Oct. i1.--Approxi-
matsly 1000 hSAd Of cattle, hogs,
sheep and goats are killed Tor meat
In Mexico City daily, and of this
number at least Ss percent are i'm
ported either from the United States
or Argentina. Seventy percent of
the imported stock comes from the
United States, usually four days by
train from the border, and the re-
mainder is brought from South AM
erica on steamers that traverse the
distance between Buenos Aires and
Vera Cruz in IL days. In view of
these figures J. r. Primm and Lee
Russell, both well known to cattle
men of the southwest, are just COM
pleting a stockyard here which at
present has capacity of $500 head
OF stock and can be enlarged as ne
cessity demands.
The stockyard, the first of the kind
ever established in Mexico on modern
plans, adjoins the city slaughter pens
and a working agreement has been
made whereby all the city kill is first
received in the local yards and there
prepared for market. Cold storage
is an unknown thing in Mexico, the
natives preferfng their meat fresh
killed, but according to Mr.. Primm,
who is in active charge of the yards,
a storage plant will be started as
soon as the other enterprises are
safely on their feet.
The Inauguration of the American
owned stocqyard is said by its back.
er to be the forerunner of an earn
est attempt by United States stock
men to replenish the Mexican herds
that have been depleted by years of
revolution. A branch of the Pure
Bred Live Stock Association of the
United States has been established
in Mexico City and is Offering it's
services free Of charge to ranchers
and farmers in the selection of pure
bred animals.
figures there were some 100000
native cattle in Mexico before the
According to the best available
revolution which, started ten years
ago. There are less than 100000
now, and these are of low grade. Be-
fore the revolution conservative esti-
mates say there were 40,OOO,OOO sheep
and goats compared to the scant T.
100000 now roaming the hills. Hog
raising has always been neglected and
the number Of swine in the country
is almost negligible. Indicative of
the natives preference for meats 9th
er than pork is the fact that out Of
the 1000 animals killed in Mexico
City daily. less than 80 are hogs, and
these to supply a city of a million
inhabitants.
In order to facilitate shipments
from the United States and to Off
set heavy, consignments from Argen-
tina, which are growing every month,
American cattle md have, secured
numerous CONCESSIONS from the Mex
lean ernE::sS=s,s szhereby, animals
may be brought into Mexico with a
minimum Of difficulty. Inspection
regulations have been relaxed as
much as possible, and the railroads
are making serious efforts to move
stock trains on exrres schedule.
Strange as it may seem, Argentina
cattle can be shipped to Mexico City
cheaper than can animals from south
Texas, although the former stock
does not compare in quality with that
from the United States. Cattle ship
ments from all foreign countries to
Mexico during 1921 were more than
10000, head, of which 100000 came
from south Texas.