48 THE FARMER'S OUTLOOK 



to special causes, such as the South African or 

 the Russo-Japanese war, the trade to destinations 

 other than Europe reached large proportions. 

 Almost two-thirds of mutton and lamb imports 

 into the United Kingdom come from Austral- 

 asia, New Zealand and Australia contributing 

 two-thirds and one-third respectively of this 

 total. 



Of other meat imports, beef, mostly from 

 Queensland, amounts to approximately one- 

 seventh of our total supplies. Butter exports 

 largely increased up to 19 n, but the recent 

 drought has caused a serious diminution in 

 exports. For 1911 supplies from Australasia 

 were not far short of one-half of all butter 

 imports, Australia's contribution being as two to 

 one of New Zealand's exports. British imports 

 of Australian wheat have already been noticed. 



The competition between Australasia and 

 Argentina in meat exports makes a comparison 

 between the conditions under which the industry 

 is carried on in these two sources of supply 

 instructive. The latter has a very considerable 

 advantage by the concentration of the industry 

 at Buenos Ayres. Not only does this facilitate 

 the grading of the meat but it enables full boat- 

 loads to be shipped direct to Europe. Another 

 advantage is due partly to the better organisation 

 of the industry and partly to the continuous crop 



