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Table 25. — Butter, cheese, and casein: Exports from Argentina, 1910-1924 
(Thousands of pounds— 000 omitted) 
Year ended Decem- 
ber 31— 
Butter 
Cheese 
Casein j 
1910 
Lbs: 
6,342 
3,077 
8,106 
8,343 
7,676 
10, 191 
12, 502 
21, 672 
Lbs. 
1 
l 
4 
16 
8 
13 
502 
6,015 
Lbs. 
6,554 
4,780 
7,717 
7,597 
6,449 
5,749 
6,507 
10, 751 
1911 
1912 
1913 - 
1914 
1915. . 
1916 
1917. . 
Year ended Decem- 
ber 31— 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
Butter 
Cheese 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
41, 821 
14,177 
44, 881 
19, 562 
47, 368 
13, 575 
56, 905 
14, 333 
53, 977 
14, 829 
72, 337 
12, 685 
66,211 
3,023 
Casein 
Lbs. 
7,857 
23, 602 
20, 939 
18, 665 
22, 123 
24, 976 
33, 977 
Source: 1910-1914— Anuario de la Direccion General de Estadistica, 1914. 1915-1920— Anuario del Comercio 
Exterior, ahos 1916-1923. 1924— Estadistica Agro-Pecuaria— Boletin Mensual de Dec. 1924. 
Table 26. — Comparative freight rates to England in 192S 
From 
Rates 
per ton 
Percent- 
age com- 
pared 
with 
United 
States 
From 
Rates 
per ton 
Percent- 
age com- 
pared 
with 
United 
States 
Dollars 
11.60 
26.69 
Per cent 
100 
230 
India 
Dollars 
46.41 
52.21 
Per cent 
400 
Australia. . ... 
450 
FUTURE OF THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY 
Cattle 
The census of December, 1922, showed 37,064,850 head of cattle 
in the Republic, which was probably slightly under the real number. 
Of this number, it was estimated that about 3 per cent were pure- 
bred, mostly Shorthorn, with some Hereford, Polled Angus, and 
other breeds (see fig. 5). About 30 million were found in the six 
principal agricultural Provinces of Buenos Aires, Entre Bios, Santa 
Fe, Corrientes, Cordoba, and the Territory of La Pampa, a prairie 
region about as large, with soils as fertile, and having a climate less 
severe than the six States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, 
and Nebraska. On January 1, 1923, it was estimated that these six 
States had about 17,285,000 head of cattle. Therefore, the agri- 
cultural region of Argentina already has about 73 per cent more 
cattle than a similar area in the Corn Belt of the United States. It 
does not seem probable that the number of beef cattle will increase 
materially in Argentina. On the contrary, the total number will 
probably decrease as more of the virgin lands are brought under 
cultivation. The quality of the cattle will improve not only by 
breeding, but by better methods, such as providing some shelter 
and feed for the short periods of severe winter weather that are 
occasionally experienced, finishing beef cattle with surplus corn, and 
making better provision for water in years of severe drought. 
Dairying will probably continue to increase. The increase has 
been rapid in recent years and the relative experience of the cattle- 
men and dairymen following the slump in the price of beef cattle 
was a demonstration and an object lesson that will not soon be 
