138  The  Meat  Industry  in  its  Relation  to  Agriculture. 
all  the  fresh  meat  we  import  being  derived  from  that 
source  as  well  as  28  per  cent,  of  the  frozen  mutton. 1 
Such  expansion  as  has  taken  place  in  Argentina  belongs  to 
the  romance  of  the  meat  industry,  and  it  would  seem  quite 
fair  to  say  that  the  producers  there  can  send  us  at  least  ten 
1910 
1909 
1908 
Home-grown — 
Beef  ...... 
Mutton  and  lamb  .... 
Tons 
787,860 
333.900 
Tons 
787,500 
341,100 
Tons 
786,000 
334,900 
Total  .... 
1,121,760 
1,128,600 
1,120,900 
Foreign  Live  Stock  - 
Beef 
Mutton  and  lamb  .... 
70,573 
11 
103.288 
218 
123,150 
2,110 
Total  .... 
70,584 
103,506 
125,260 
Fresh  Killed. , fyc. — 
Beef 
Mutton  and  lamb  .... 
2,885 
7,221 
3,217 
9,674 
755 
14,430 
Total  .... 
10,106 
12,891 
15,185 
Chilled — 
Beef 
Mutton 
159,828 
44 
134,850 
16 
135,879 
194 
Total  .... 
159,872 
134,866 
136,073 
Frozen — 
Beef 
Mutton  and  lamb  .... 
188.062 
263,036 
168,988 
228,402 
144,965 
204,938 
Total  .... 
451,098 
397,390 
349,903 
Total  of  beef  . 
Total  of  mutton  And  lamb 
1,209,208 
604,212 
1,197,843 
579,410 
1.190,749 
556,572 
Grand  total 
1,813,420 
1,777.253 
1,747,321 
times  as  much  as  the  present  output,  and  it  remains  to  be  seen 
whether  the  new  situation  which  is  being  created  in  Europe 
will  tend  to  more  rapid  expansion  of  the  trade  than  has  hitherto 
taken  place.  It  is  a question  which  affects  the  British  farmer 
to  the  extent  that  it  is  becoming  a more  and  more  difficult 
task  for  any  agriculturist  in  the  United  Kingdom  to  compete 
against  the  better  climate  and  other  favourable  conditions  of 
South  America. 
Argentina  Past  and  Present , by  W.  H.  Koebel.  Argentina , by  W.  H. 
hirst, 
