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INDUSTKI1-:S PKPENDIXG OX ANIMAL I'RODUCTS 



tinuously growing. Comsequently, while the national consumption of 

 milk products undergoes continuous increase, the manufacture of cheese 

 and condensed milk is falling off and becomes more and more incapable of 

 meeting the need. 



b) Extension of the industry in the country. — 1 )airies are concentrated 

 in the environs of the capital of the Republic and in the provinces of Buenos 

 Aires, Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Cordoba. In 1907, which is the most recent 

 year for which statistics are available, there were in Argentina 409 dairies, 

 29 butter factories, 85 cheese factories and 56 mixed establishments, of 

 which 330,23,69 and 37 respectively were in the province of Buenos Aires, 

 including the capital. The total quantity of milk treated in these establish- 

 ments was 206 822 196 kg. of which 173 684 354 kg. in the city and pro- 

 vince of Buenos Aires. The number of estabUshments nearly doubled from 

 1903 to 1908. It is on the increase in all the provinces, particularly those 

 of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe. 



Table I. 



Export and import of d air v products in Argentina 

 during the period 1900-1915. • 



II. — Sanitary insppxtion of Milk Productiom and Butter Mak- 

 ing. — The sanitary inspection of milk, as'organised in the great dairy in- 



