140 THE WORLDS .MEAT FUTURE 



Brazilian cattle derived from the primitive herds are small, 

 weighing on an average about 400 lbs. dressed. However, the 

 importation of sires is rapidly taking place, and the improve- 

 ment already is most noticeable. 



In a papei I read in Chicago before the Congress of Re- 

 frigeration in 1913, I forecasted exactly what has happened. 

 In that, I said that Brazil and South Africa would be large 

 suppliers of frozen beef in the near future, and they are both 

 rapidly increasing their herds and their output. Many freezing 

 establishments are in full work in Brazil, and more are in 

 course of construction: a full list of these will be found in 

 t he Appendices. 



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, 

 however, that this development in meat shipments is taking 

 place. The ( lompania Pastoril Agricola-Industrial Piauhyense, 

 with a large capital, has been inaugurated to go into the busi- 

 ness of raising and slaughtering cattle and packing meat in 

 t he State of Piauhy, in the north ; it is in the tropics, but that 

 is ao drawback. Most of Australian cattle also are 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 

 having shown that the industry is developing on right lines 

 with gradual improvement of stock. 



Mr. Duncan Black, a Queenslander who has been resident 

 for several years in South America, recently revisited Aus- 

 tralia, and during his stay he favoured me with some 

 first-hand information in regard to primary production in 

 Soul h America. Mr. Black has been closely associated with the 

 cattle trade, and has had unique opportunities of studying 

 its possibilities. With Brazil he is particularly impressed, as 

 he states that this great territory is on the brink of what masl 

 prove to be marvellous development. 



The -oil 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- 





