i.vi THE WORLD'S MEAT FUTURE 



incut, of Paraguay, desirous of encouraging the meat preserving 

 industry, has just, lately passed a law providing for the 

 introduction free of duty of all things necessary for equipping 

 such a factory, and has provided for the very small export 

 duty of 1") cents gold on the finished product of each bullock 

 or cow. 



Paraguay, with about l.ooo.OOO inhabitants, is a country bo 

 thinly populated that it must take a century or more before 

 ii becomes short of pastures for breeding cattle, horses, mules 

 and sheep. 



Prett}^ well throughout the country you can run a beast to 

 four acres. In fact, that number of acres for a beast is a 

 Governmenl minimum. This law is in force in several States 

 -)f South America, viz. that the number of beasts is limited 

 on a set amount of land — a wise provision to stop over-stock- 

 ing. Large steamers can go up the River Plate and the Parana 

 as far as Asuncion (capital), 650 miles from Buenos Aires. 



An extract and canning factory at San Salvador, Northern 

 Paraguay, has been constructed. This is under American 

 management, and has a. capacity for treating 150 head of cattle 

 daily for extract and 350 for corned beef making. Stock- 

 raising is the basic industry of Northern Paraguay, and the 

 North Americans have invested large sums of money in the 

 country lately. A company incorporated at Delaware has 

 spent 1.000,000 dollars in the Paraguayan Chaco, which is 

 practically unknown, and which, when opened up, should 

 afford excellent pastures. 



The Frigorifico Paraguay Carne Conservada has been 

 orgamsed in Asuncion for the purpose of erecting meat freez- 

 ing and canning works. The company intends to er3ct a 

 plant capable of dealing with 300 head of cattle per day. 



