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no distant date good sound meat will be introduced into all 
tbe markets of the world at about 2 \ per lb. — a calculation 
based numerically on the flocks and herds at present graz- 
ing in the provinces of La Plata and Australia. In the 
former there are supposed to be about 27 ? 000,000 cattle 
and 40,000,000 sheep, and in the latter 180,000,000 cat- 
tle and 300,000,000 sheep. 
