INTDUSTRIES DKPENDIXG ON AXIMAL TRODUCTS 



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Cheese-making finds favourable conditions in the region of the Andes 

 and the territories of Panipa, Nenquen, Chubnt, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz 

 and Tierra del Fuego, because cool animal housing quarters are available 

 during the greater part of the year. 



Table II. — Distribution of Milk-yielding Animals in Argentina 

 [Livestock Census of 1908). 



Pmvincts 

 Bueni.s Aires . . . 



Santa Fe 



Enlre Rios .... 



Corrientes 



Santiag(j del Estero 



Cordoba 



Tucuman 



Salta 



Jujuy 



Cataniarca .... 



Rioja 



San Juan 



San LfUis 



Mendoza 



Territories 



Chubut 



Neuquen .... 



Pampa 



Rio Negro . . . 

 Santa Cruz . . . 



Farm 

 properties 



over 

 24 acres 



Dairy 

 cows 



45023 

 27 104 



13 893 

 10394 



4 359 

 25 896 

 6443 

 3 453 

 4472 

 4633 

 3 146 

 1658 



5485 

 2325 



656 640 

 186 510 

 203 800 

 206 165 



88 107 

 217 233 



55 098 



71 019! 

 8152I 



26 5061 



59873! 



3 156I 



59876 



22 968 



27846 

 26 195 



24465 



25025 



I 639 



Breedinq: 

 cows 



4491 588 

 I 446 657 



1 533 524 



2 388 052 

 222 566 

 898 164 

 114 107 

 209 813 



46456 

 loi 403 

 163 140 



31975 

 224399 

 142774 



Sheep 



21 109 609 

 596 411 



3 936 902 

 I 805 745 



435 839 



I 245 764 



82 720 



194 590 



535 447 



97524 



77 2811 



61 800 



535 447! 

 187526 



157305; I 212 501 



82225 503221 



205057 3065807 



128 420 3 140 466 



10075 I 371 324 



11335; — 



35 596 — 



31748; — 



29 978 — 



705 127 — 



810 831 — 



loi 394! — 



217 054 29 700 



133656 42 516 



311 548 

 359 811 

 90 796 

 468216 

 205 427 



170 919 



113 i6i 



76698 



582 964 



828 



Feeding 0/ Dairy Animals. — In 1908 Argentina possessed 6 728 876 

 hectares of artificial grasslands, of which 4 656 707 ha. were ilnder^ lucerne 

 (an area exceeding that of Denmark,) and in addition the immense rich na- 

 tural pasturages. It also exports man}^ concentrates (bran, oil cakes, etc.). 

 Consequently the production of cheese exeeds the quantity- required for the 

 coimtry. 



Measures calcui.ated to promote the Progress of the Dairy In- 

 dustry. — The Author in this connection, re]:)roduces the opinions of Messrs. 

 Gibson, Lahitte, BergivS, Fynn and Perez. Thcv are unanimous in think- 



