96 THE WORLD'S MEAT FUTURE 



number oi pounds <>f dressed beef per bullock. The cattle are 

 bought on the basis <»f this estimate. The frigorifico managers 

 deal frankly with the estancia owner, and tell him just how 

 much beef his cattle made. The same buyer sticks to the one 

 estancia for a lifetime." 



Shorthorns 



Shorthorns have been found ideal for most conditions exist- 

 ing in Argentina. The proportions of cattle that have been 

 unproved by grading are 75 per cent Shorthorns, 15 per cent 

 Herefords, and still fewer Angus. Of registered Shorthorns, 

 between 75,000 and 80,000 pedigrees have been inscribed in 

 their herd-book. Many breeders are not registering their in- 

 ferior pedigree animals, placing such in their grade herds and 

 using them only foi commercial purposes, so that many collec- 

 tions of Shorthorns are to be seen that are pure-bred or show- 

 ing a predominance of characteristics of the breed where the 

 quality is of high order. The leading live-stock exhibition is 

 the show held annually in August by the Argentine Rural 

 Society 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 principal 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 exhi- 

 bition, 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 rilled from first to last, and numbering up to 160 in 

 a class. One bull, Xew Year's Gift, champion 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. I would no 

 mind taking a dozen like him back to Scotland." 



