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THE WORLD'S MEAT FUTURE 



2000 miles of the Andean Cordillera, in Ecuador, Peru, and 

 Bolivia, offer for sheep-breeding a region greater in area, even 

 it somewhat inferior in grazing qualities, than that of all 

 Patagonia. 



other Latin-American Countries 



Other cattle-raising countries of Latin-America are Costa 

 Rica, with 347, 485 head of cattle (in 1915) ; Guatemala, with 

 655,386 head, equal to 1357 head per square mile ; Nicaragua, 

 with some 500,000 head of cattle (in 1915) ; Salvador, with 

 284,000 head (estimated in 1915), and an excellent future 

 were the industry to be well organized and the export trade 

 supported by adequate shipping. 



Group ot 2-yeae-old Heifers and Cows at the Royal Farm, 

 Windsor, England 



