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August at Palermo, a beautiful park in Buenos Aires. The 

 stabling is the most elaborate to be seen at any show in the world. 

 The judging is done during two days prior to the inauguration 

 programme. The Shorthorn cattle classes are the pi-incipal 

 features of the show, and there is no other breed that compares 

 with the Shorthorn in number of entries and the average high 

 quality. 



The auction is really the main feature of the Palermo 

 exhibition, as the greater portion of the entries of all breeds of 

 live stock are disposed of at that time. The sales usually 



consume a fortnight. It is a splendid sight to see classes of 

 Shorthorn bulls, well filled from first to last, and numbering up 

 to 160 in a class. One bull, NeAV Year's Gift, cham])ion at 

 Palermo recently, brought at auction £5520, and the result was 

 nicely symbolised in the comments of the Scotch judge, Mr. Law, 

 who remarked: "A guid bull, but a grand price. T would no 

 mind taking a dozen like him back to Scotland." 



TiERRA DEL PuEGO AND SOUTHERN PaTAGOXTA. 



(By a Correspondent to The Pastoral Review). 



"In comparing the Argentine to other countries, one fact is 

 often overlooked, viz., the number of miles 'that lie between 

 the 23rd and 55th degrees of latitude, or, in plain words, the 

 extraordinary range of climate, equalled, I believe, by no single 

 country in the world between its northern and southern boun- 

 daries. Prom the mountains of Bolivia to the glaciers of 

 the Beagle Channel, the land falls in a sweep of over 2000 miles 

 with an average width of only 500 miles. Thus, by nature of its 

 formation, the country is insured against a total loss of its 

 products in any one year. It would be more than a coincidence 

 if the sugar and hardwoods of the north, the linseed, wheat, and 

 alfalfa lands that sui)port the immense lierds at the centre, the 

 mineral and wine industry of the Cordillera, and the pastoral 

 wealth of the south should simultaneously fall on bad times. 

 This explains the conflicting accounts brought back by different 

 settlers, and also in a measure reveals the secret of Argentina's 

 steady advance. 



"The Argentine constitution provides for certain provinces, 

 which are distinct from the so-called territories. The former 

 are supposed to be self-governing. They have the full right 

 of internal management and a legislative body of their own. The 

 territories are under the direct control of the central National 



