Live Stock in Argentina. 



527 



The number of cows, included with the cattle in the above 

 table, was 739,922 in 1901 ; 688,052 in 1896 ; 663,102 in 1886, 

 and 592,463 in 1876. 



[Statistischs Jahrbach der Schweiz, 1 901.] 



Live Stock in Argentina. 



The Board of Agriculture have received through the 

 Foreign Office a dispatch from His Majesty's Consul at 

 Buenos Ayres, transmitting a report on the show held by 

 the Argentine Rural Society in Buenos Ayres in September 

 last. In this report it is stated the highest prices 

 realised for Shorthorn bulls exhibited at the show were 

 £7 00 y ^680, and ^610 respectively, while fifty Shorthorn 

 bulls offered for sale by six stud-farms realised an average 

 °f £o l 7 each. Eight heifers of the same breed averaged 

 £60, but there was no class for milch cows. 



In connection with the exhibits of cattle, it is pointed out 

 that in the Argentine Republic there is virtually only one 

 recognised breed of horned stock — viz., the Shorthorn. The 

 patrons of Herefords are few, and fewer still are those who 

 favour Polled Angus. As for the other breeds, such as Devons, 

 Holsteins, Swiss, and Channel Islands, they are so few in 

 Argentina as hardly to be worth mentioning. The national 

 census of 1895 revealed the fact that there were 21,701,526 

 head of horned cattle in the Republic, of which the Durham 

 breed, pure and cross-bred, claimed 2^425,844, while only 

 314,553 Herefords were counted. 



By far the largest number of sheep exhibited were of the 

 Lincoln breed, but there was also an excellent show of 

 Merinos, chiefly Rambouillct. The large number of the 

 latter was, it is stated, a surprise to many, and it is regarded 

 as an indication that there will be a revival of the Merino in 

 consequence of the low price of long wool. In the Lin- 

 coln breed, the champion sheep was sold by auction for £142, 

 the next highest price for this breed being £iiy y while the 

 third prize animal fetched ^104. 



The number of Lincoln rams presented for show and sale 

 far exceeded the demand, and many remained unsold at the 



