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than the grain industry. "The growth of the meat trade in the 

 Argentine Republic," says the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, "has been little short of remarkable and its importance 

 in the world's commerce is greatest in beef products." Argentina's 



FIG. 85. A modern method of shelling corn in Argentina. 



FIG. 86. Magnificent herd of cattle in the Tampa Central, Argentina. 



exports of frozen beef began in 1884; of chilled beef in 1901. The 

 chilled beef trade has shown a rapid growth, reaching 2,989,805 

 quarters in 1913. This amount considerably exceeds the 

 351,748,333 pounds of fresh beef exported by the United States 

 in 1901, the year the Argentina chilled beef trade began and 

 which year marked the beginning of the decline in the United 

 States of exports of fresh beef. 



