4o Demand for Live. Stock in Colombia, [april, 



that a number of farmers' sons are educated free. This 

 College has recently purchased animals from the United 

 States, including Hereford and Jersey cattle, and Berkshire 

 and Poland China pigs. 



Exhibition of Machinery at Para. — In connection with 

 the above, reference may be made to a permanent exhibition 

 of agricultural machinery which is being organised in the 

 city of Para, Brazil, by the Syndicato Industrial e Agricola 

 Paraense. The object of this exhibition is to familiarise 

 local agriculturists with machinery and implements, and to 

 supply information as to prices, makers, methods of use, 

 &c. All expenses of delivery must be borne by the owners, 

 and the machinery must be presented to the Syndicate, but 

 the Syndicate will undertake the expenses of the exhibition 

 and also of making the articles known at the principal 

 agricultural centres. The address of the Syndicate is Rua 

 13 de Maio, No. 13, Para, Brazil. Printed information 

 on the subject can be seen at the Commercial Intelligence 

 Branch of the Board of Trade, 73 Basinghall Street, E.C. 



In a despatch to the Foreign Office, the British Minister 

 at Bogota (Mr. Francis Stronge) gives some further informa- 

 tion as to the demand for live stock in 



Demand for Live Colombia, South America, in continua- 

 Stock in Colombia, tion of the information given in this 

 South America. Journal, July, 1908, p. 289. 



It appears that thoroughbred horses 

 and pedigree cattle are frequently purchased from England, 

 though it is doubtful whether thoroughbreds are likely to 

 be of much use in Colombia; a fancy for them, however, 

 exists among a small class. Ploughing and other farm work 

 is universally performed by oxen, which are extremely slow. 

 It seems possible, therefore, that if the "cost of labour were 

 to increase, it might be profitable to import farm horses, a 

 class of animal which does not now exist in the country. A 

 very fine Shorthorn bull was recently imported, and it is 

 not unlikely that a steady, though very limited demand for 

 high-class animals of this breed may be developed. Devons 

 are becoming popular, and the breed is believed to be less 

 liable to degenerate than the Shorthorn. Very few Polled 

 Angus have been imported, but the breed is much admired. 



