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and three other steers £2270 each. The Swift Company bought 

 116 steers for £21,800, and 333 wethers for £2164. This com- 

 pany has recently purchased 900,000 square metres of land in 

 Saladillo, province of Buenos Aires, and work on a huge 

 frigorifico is in hand. In fact, new freezing works are being 

 erected in various parts of the country and well up the River 

 Plate. The Government assists companies of all kinds to erect 

 manufactories, by exemption from import duties and by 

 making other concessions. 



The Sociedad Rural Argentina proposes that a National 

 Congress should be held in which would be represented all 

 the cattle breeders of the country. The following points 

 are suggested as being suitable for consideration at such a 

 Congress : interchange of live-stock with adjoining countries ; 

 study regarding the sale of live-stock produce ; subsidiary in- 

 dustries ; international exhibitions ; nationalisation of marks 

 and brands ; roads, watering stations, and pasturags for the 

 trooping of animals ; woolwashing and textile manufactures ; 

 the defence of the live-stock industry ; forage, sanitary ; ex- 

 portation of live-stock ; freights ; the dairy industry ; prac- 

 tical live-stock farming schools. It is hoped that such a Con- 

 gress would be attended by delegations of the National Govern- 

 ment and of the rural societies throughout the Republic. 

 Neighbouring countries would also be asked to be represented, 

 in order to discuss at special sessions of the Congress the four 

 points first mentioned in the above programme. 



Summing up the possibilities of this wonderful territory of 

 Argentina, they are very large, and Europe can look to that 

 country for enormous supplies, and probably increased sup- 

 plies for many years to come. Naturally, as the population 

 increases, more meat will be required locally ; but there is 

 ample room in the Republic to increase the five-stock at a 

 larger rate than that of the population. 



Refrigerator Motor Trucks 



A representative of a larg3 cattle estancia in Argentina 

 recently placed orders in New York for 100 refrigerator motor 

 trucks for use on several estancias. The motors are of high 



