HONDURAS 



Honduras has an average of 46,250 square miles, and is 

 situated north of the Isthmus of Panama. On the north of it 

 is the Caribbean Sea, on the south Nicaragua, and on the west 

 Guatemala and San Salvador. The fifteenth degree of north 

 latitude runs through it. There are about half a million head 

 of cattle in the country. 



The Government is endeavouring to encourage stock-raising 

 by disseminating information regarding improved methods. 

 Stockmen from the United States are carefully inquiring about 

 and investigating the cattle resources of the country. Ship- 

 ments of live cattle are commencing from the port of Ceiba on 

 the North Coast, and a refrigerating plant is about to be in- 

 stalled near Puerto Cortes. Improved stock are being intro- 

 duced, and an export of 50.000 head annually is looked for in 

 the near future. Most of the cattle at the present time are 

 found in the departments of Choluteca and Olancho, on the 

 southern and south-eastern side of the country. The entire 

 country is comprised of mountains and valleys. Honduras, 

 being within the area of the north-east trade winds, has an 

 equable and agreeable climate, particularly in the higher lands 

 of the interior. The temperature ranges from a minimum of 

 42 deg. on the highlands to 97 deg. on the coast. Streams of 

 clear pure water abound almost everywhere during the rainy 

 season. During the dry season, the open ranges being much 

 overstocked, the cattle get into a very poor condition, but with 

 good management this can be easily remedied. 



In nearly every part of Honduras there is land suited to the 

 raising of live-stock in a limited way. There are two depart- 

 ments, however — Olancho and Choluteca — where three-fourths 

 of the cattle of the country are raised . 



Ticks are prevalent, and the introduction of dips and dipping 



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