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amongcalves of 6 to 12months old, which 

 is in general the age at which they are 

 slaughtered in the Argentine, tuberculo- 

 sis practically does not exist. From 

 January 1898 to September 1908 of a 

 total of 1.123.496 subjects slaughtered, 

 only 5 cases of tuberculosis have been 

 found. 



The General Statistics of the Slaugh- 

 ter Houses of the Capital afford valuable 

 evidence, as may be observed in the 

 following extract: 



1899 Slaughtered Bullocks 137.702 Covtfs 128.032 Calves 110.251 



104.565 



