I^6o INDUSTRIES DEPENDING ON ANIMAI, PRODUCTS 



ing in Argentina are said to be a considerable hindrance to the progress 

 of this industry. 



IV. — Economic resui^ts obtained by the Dairy industry in the 

 Argentine Republic. — According to official data, the cream and cheese 

 yield of milk and the butter yield of cream are as follows, being the aver- 

 ages for the years 1903 and 1905-1907 : 



Cream yield of milk 7.25 % 



Butter yield of cream 51. 35 » 



Cheese yield of milk » 



The quantity of milk produced per cow is verj' variable. In urban 

 cow-sheds it is 2.64 galls, per day or even more, and for some cows goes 

 up to 4.4 galls. In rural cow-sheds it averages 1.3 to 1.5 gallons, but here too 

 cows are found jdelding 4.4 to 6.6 galls. According to M. IvAHItte (1903) , the 

 average production of the countrj^ is 0.77 galls, per dair}^ cow, with a butter 

 yield of 3.5 %. On the whole the butter 3deld is good, but the milk yield is 

 low. This disadvantage, however, is partly set off by the large number of 

 cows available and the Uttle attention required by dairy cows. The machines 

 used are of the most improved types. The butter ranks fifth on the 

 Ivondon market, after Danish, French, New Zealand and Dutch products ; 

 this is due to the length of time for which it is cold-stored in transit. 



No form of co-operation in the dairy industry exists. The writer ad- 

 vises the installation of co-operative dairies in the distributive centres in 

 order to reduce the costs of carriage by railway and taxes on dairies, while 

 at the same time ensuring supervision of the quality of the products. 



V. — Considerations on the Dairy Industry and Dairy Pro- 

 ducts IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES. — The writer studied this industry in 

 Denmark, Holland and Siberia, and he arrives at the result that : i) these 

 countries owe their progress to co-operation, and Siberia also to Govern- 

 ment action, which has enabled that country to gain within a space of 

 ten years the second place in the world's output of butter; 2) the cattle 

 stock of these countries is inconsiderable if compared with that of Argen- 

 tina, which proves that it is not necessary to have a large number of cows 

 in order to produce butter ; 3) in Siberia, cows are badly fed and neglected 

 from October to March, and drought is frequent. The writer notes this 

 fact, because in some quarters the want of development of this industry 

 in Argentina is attributed to insufficient feeding ; 4) in order to obtain i lb. 

 of butter, there is required in Denmark 26.5 lb, of milk ; in Holland, 30; 

 in Siberia 22 ; in Argentina 28. 



VI. — Industrial Capacity of PRO\aNCES and Territories in Ar- 

 gentina IN REFERENCE TO OuTPUT OF MiLK AMD MiLK PRODUCTS. — 

 Quantity 0/ Livestock and Conditions of Environmment. — In Table II par- 

 ticulars are given as to the number of farm properties with an area of more 

 than 24 acres and the number of dairy cows " vacasdecria " (breeding cows) 

 and other milk yielding animals (ewes, goats and camels) in the provinces and 

 territories of the Republic. 



