Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-02-06

prsrqrp1 hV the EAL-tldA ObOS dp41lC SO-
eety, Washington, D. CO
The name Brazil to the average
North American, conjures up pic
nye Of coffee, tropical forests and rub
ter But it is a tremendous coun-
ty this United States of the South
American continent, and the usual con-
eDton takes no account Of Brazil's
south, and especially Of Rio Grande
DO Sui. That state, mentioned in dis
PATCHES because of the revolution
which it has had on its hands, gives a
different picture, and presents a Brazil
\ hto which hundreds Of thousands of
citizens of the United States could fit
IN peace times with little violence to
their daily routine.
Reverse directions in comparison
With the United States, and you have
al explanation Of the Importance Of
>anle do Sui. Brazils North has
! tropical climate; and there is the
Brazilian black belt" where live mil
lions Of negroes, The South has a
anpeate zone climate at it's best;
and Rio Grande do Sui, most distant
tom the equator, leads all the rest
atAe states in climatic agreeableness
nom the point Of view Of northern Eu-
0lans and North Americans. This
iS5een white mans country" from
ae iSt and it has been the leader
many ways In Brazilian develop
nat
But there is marked difference be-
Nen BrazlIs South and our own
'NA This Southernmost Of Brazirs
ls has its closest affiliations with
vi west for it is a Cow country"
'aoul peer. On the $1,000 square
-l8 OF Rio Grande do Sui are more
~4 quarter as many cattle as In
ENaFe United States. Water and
t'@ are abundant droughts are prac-
.'l' unknown, and the rolling coun-
WIN It's numerous tree-covered
n furnishes a charming and stim-
..DNS countryside in contrast to the
-'s'' and often dry level of many
NY SoEilS great cattle-raising re-
y s@ travellers who have visited all
4. T "a live stock countries assert
] '"0 0rande do Suls pasture lands
0,s superior to those Of Argentina,
,',-r AREA the United States and
5,@ aa,la and that here, under the
y .' ,~sla Gross, is the coming "cow
lay. Of the world.
: ~~0ugh fortunately situated in
\ NM y, respects for the raising of
n, N MO 1Fande do Sui has no mo-
y III The cattle industry, accord
& NJ, ". .- Brazilian authority. Next
m "a !, s@ u in the number of head of
~ y IL The Interior state of Minas
.s,,. 1als Is the center of the dairy
- INV >. as Rio Grande do Sui is the
y. Industry. ''7' "'I'lng and
V N S' ,,.. Good Cattle Regions.
s ,syyn' estimates place the num-
4oS Ge, N lilo Grande do Sui at
n ma n a'1u' while lIinas Geraes
/ aI5 1 Oa'y one million head less.
@ !. that there is not a y, si irss,
u bs ~'llo'y Of the country in
d to mo nol some land favor
81 eqg, 1-s growing CT live STOCK
ii Hal s,, lIOlsa the well-watered
ID a,o,o .' VI NaranhQo, Para. and
3! s,srs Win u%nors among the lesser
b, S ~. Geara, a reiatiyely y' arid
i he in IL Brazil is believed TO
q aa c I.eF'or states of Minas
t s,. fertile ideal land wa Iti,,sof fo
\ sea0lar,r NERDS in these districts,
"a 5s,y.i IN the latter state the the
'a sos .s the American can cows ,me
',,g y. eI,t the Brazilian COW cow cow
vast DIs;,. There are no fences
es,s pans ans carpeted with s suc,
'l,a~S ~, Herds are rounded nuia sue &c
tp,p ,T' ID delivered on the bo ~f
ss6SSog,,oofS sixty to ninety d dpVs
eeg sre D 81, state OF Sac pauio,
Nc ~f f., Sod to packing-h @ulo,
Sstore' , .5, them for nine nine
IQsshhfe rsnpping them by rail
eps' v 'scenay Rio Grapae do
search :. Neglected by com,
rste had o. D, beef to transport NU-f'.
| a1i 1ra to content Itself sIft with ,
I l. yer &C.. Of dollars worth Of Of
y s sa,nS plants have '1 beag
brazilian beef is