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upon to enquire as to the areas suitable for an 

 extension of the cattle-raising industry. It must 

 be remembered that a considerable proportion of 

 the total cattle stock returned for the Republic are 

 not graded up sufficiently for the frozen meat 

 business. Recent proposals have been made 

 by the Government to establish acclimatisation 

 farms for pure-bred stock in the North-Eastern, 

 and therefore more tropical Provinces of Entre 

 Rios and Corrientes, as the risk of losses when 

 introducing pure-bred bulls has proved a bar 

 to the improvement of the cattle stock by private 

 owners. 1 The cattle in these Provinces has, up to 

 now, been marketed to the jerked beef and beef 

 essence factories, where high-grade stock is not 

 essential. 



The point of excellence to which the cattle and 

 sheep stock has attained, is due to the interest 

 shown in the development of the pastoral industry 

 by wealthy Argentine landowners, and by the 

 aptitude of the gaucho for handling cattle. Nor 

 would any Argentine deny that the " Gringo " 2 

 has assisted. An estate, or more accurately a 

 farm of 244 square miles, with 65 square miles 

 under lucerne, carrying a stock of 100,000 head of 

 cattle and the same number of sheep, besides a 



1 This must not be interpreted to mean that there 

 has been no improvement by crossing in these Provinces. 

 J "Gringo" — foreigner. 



