104 THE WORLD'S MEAT FUTURE 



Transport facilities are being rapidly developed, and new 

 refrigerated steamship services between Brazilian ports and New 

 York have been inaugurated. It is not only in the south, how- 

 ever, that this development in meat shipments is taking place. 

 The Compaiiia Pastoril Agricola-Industrial Piauhyense, with a 

 large capital, has been inaugurated to go into the business of 

 raising and slaughtering cattle and packing meat in the State 

 of Piauhy, in the north; it is in the tropics, but that is no 

 drawback. Most of Australian cattle are also well within the 

 tropical belt. Large areas in the State of Piauhy are excellent 

 cattle country. 



Brazilian meat is of excellent quality, a recent shipment of 

 frozen and chilled hinds and quarters registered high-water 

 mark for condition and quality in London. It was nice ripe 

 meat of Hereford strain, small in the bone, with little waste. It 

 made 5/6 for hinds, and 4/6 for fores, only 2d. a stone below 

 the best of the chilled meat. 



Mr. Duncan Black, a Queenslander who has been residing for 

 several years in South America, recently re-visited Australia, 

 and during his stay here, he favoured me with some first-hand 

 information in regard to primary production in South America. 

 Mr. Black has been closely associated with the cattle trade, and 

 has had unique opportunities for studying its possibilities. With 

 Brazil, he is particularly impressed, as he states that this great 

 territory is on the brink of what must prove to be marvellous 

 development. 



The soil and climate of Brazil, according to Mr. Black, are 

 excellent, and the country is permanently watered with rivers 

 and creeks. Water can also be obtained by shallow sinking. 

 Until recently, the cattle industry had not been seriously con- 

 sidered, production having been confined chiefly to coffee and 

 rubber. Now, however, the suitability of Brazil for cattle 



raising is being recognised, and the country is going ahead by 

 leaps and bounds. The Government is aiding this progressive 

 movement in a most practical manner. A bonus of from £27 to 

 £34 is given for every stud cow or bull imported into the country. 

 All implements, fencing material, and other things required by 

 settlers are admitted duty free, and in each of the twenty-one 

 States of Brazil there is a Government stud farm where stud 

 bulls and stallions are kept for the free use of farmers. 



Every facility is given to encourage occupation of tbe land. 

 The freehold title is made as easy as possible to obtain. Anyone 

 wishing to secure land makes application for Crown lands avail- 



