CATTLE AND DAJKY FAKMLNG. 



URUGUAY. 



CATTLE AND CATTLE-BREEDING IN URUGUAY. 



'/'AUf'i.S i'K'J.M A Kill''}!;'!' (1TJJLIXHJ l> L\ < > - f'J.AJ; Itl^L'OUT Xn. 7;:, FOR FET>- 



iT.i AT ]--:. J:Y MK. J<-HLX /;. HACOX. rnAimf: J>'An-'Ai/{i-:s AT MONTEVIDEO. 



The climate is by no means tropical, but temperate, somewhat similar 

 t(>l!i;il oi' tlie (.'in'stiiiit raii^'e <;!' ( |>per Italy. 



Tin- iln-niiomeler ( l^iihrviilicii'.-- scarcely ever marks '.)."> decrees inthe 

 summer, llie general mean beiiii; about (>5, and should the degree of 90 

 remain for t\v> days it invariably ^ives rise to a thunder-storm, which 

 eoi)l> ;L5!d freshens the air in the most astonishing manner, The winters 

 are mild, and tlioii-'h frosts are i'rtMjnent in .June and July, they do not 

 al'leet 'the vegetation to any extent. The air is unusnally pure, the at- 

 mosnherr even in .Montevideo, notwithstanding (lie locution of the city 

 immediatel\ on the sea and river, quite dry. Indeed, the whole Ivepnb- 

 lie enjoys an enviable reputation for salubrity. 



VALUE OP L.VIS'DS .VXD STOCK. 



The a, L:\U- legate valnr <!' real estato and stock was estimated oflicially 

 inl>s.")at s_'")7, 1!'!-, !li\ and is now siij^jmsed to be at least a fourth 

 more, . < - i i.".Mi.,s70Ji.j. To this >hould be adde 1 abou! ^lilo.ODO.dUO in- 

 vested in other ])roperty, making in all ^4'Jl..s70,ri5. 



r j ne ])roj>rietors ol the lands and sic^ek :ire reckoned at -1 1.700, and 

 it v,;l! be a little strange to knov." thai iiK'i'e than one-half of tiiis ]>rop- 

 erty is owned by foreigners, as will appeal 1 iVom the ibllowini;' table 

 copied from the J'sxtcdlixticci-GcjiCi'dl fur bSS,"> : 



