1908.] Importation of Live Stock into Brazil. 



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Brazil that the following represents the approximate range 

 of temperature : Rio de Janeiro, 58 0 to 83° F. ; Para, 75° 

 to 90 0 ; Bahia, 72 0 to 87 0 ; Sao Paulo, 41 0 to 76 0 ; Minas 

 Geraes, 45 0 to 8o° ; Parana, 32 0 to 77 0 ; Rio Grande do 

 Sul; 44 0 to 84 0 ; and Mattogrosso 57 0 to 86° F. Not 

 many rainfall returns are available, but there was a fall of 

 45 in. in Rio de Janeiro, 85J in. in Para, and 67J in. in Rio 

 Grande do Sul in 1904-05. On the whole Brazil is hotter 

 than Argentina, but the greater heat does not necessarily imply 

 drought or want of pasture. Generally speaking, the climate 

 of the country is damp, but some of the northern states suffer 

 from drought. The interior, which rises in plateaux, is far 

 more temperate and equable than the coast lands ; while heavy 

 dews, at any rate in Minas Geraes, keep the grass from being 

 burnt up. 



To seek for suitable districts it is necessary that some one 

 acquainted with the required conditions should travel through 

 the country with that object. Information could best be 

 obtained in Rio de Janeiro as to the districts to visit, but it is 

 important that all information be verified by an expert or pro- 

 fessional cattleman. There are certain localities which are not 

 suitable for live stock owing to the prevalence of fever. 



There is no proper information as to cattle diseases, nor does 

 there appear to be any control over them. Reports occasionally 

 arrive of districts where there is scarcely any meat in the market 

 or of districts where foot-and-mouth disease is prevalent. 



Mr. Chapman considers that there is a good business to be 

 done in the country by establishing breeding centres, and pro- 

 vided that sales are made in England or that all responsibility 

 ceases on arrival at the port of delivery, the shipper would incur 

 no risks from disease. It is a business, however, which requires 

 to be examined into by a practical man, who, taking into account 

 all the drawbacks, would be able to come to a decision in the 

 matter. 



As regards the State of Sao Paulo, Mr. R. Sandall, Acting- 

 Consul, states that the Department of Agriculture is very active 

 in encouraging the importation of fine specimens of cattle, 

 horses, sheep and swine for breeding purposes, and considers 

 that there should be an opening for the export of live stock 

 of this description from the United Kingdom. Not long ago 



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