LIVE STOCK IN ARGENTINA.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 436, 19 February 1909, Page 2

LIVE STOCK IN ARGENTINA.

A complete census of live stqck -in Argentina, in' 1908 "has-been' cpllectjd''jby.. the' Department of Agriculture.\; : ln;p'qniparing,the'-"numbers of animals .with' 'those. qf' prgf iqns .'rstunis'i' in' 1595 and''lSßß,'it is-to.J)e,'observed:'that these are believed tb- have been'less;carefully' collected than tlioso of '1908;'/but,';as. they ,ara the: only; means of comnarisonVthefjgurcs must be taken as""tiiey."sfahd t ' as follow:—'- '•", -.'/ ";■' ; Horses. Cattle. , Sheep'. ; Pigs.; 1888' ...'1,262,917. 2i;9'5i,930 66,70i;097. :' 403,203 189 a :.. 4,148,8.19 2i;791,526 74,379,563 , 052,765; i?o.§;;;.; ; 7,531,376 67,211,754--i,?os;s?i This iijpreaso'' in horses, sinall between 1888 and 1895, "was very great in the .'next, thirteen'years, amounting tq. 3,268.459 in/ the 'tivenfy.'yeavsi' Cattle' showed a small decrease between .1888 arid 1695, followed by dlyer'y; large increase, making, the to'taVihcfeaSo in tw'enty yean5'7,152,695. '-'On' the other hand; sheep-'are represented"in the tableto have"gained'7;67S,46s iii'the' 'seven-years ending with 1p95, and. 7,167,8Q8"iri the'lastvthii'teeh-years,' thus' showing-a gain : of only 510,657 ';between; 1888 ;.au'd 1903." ;lt.'was' supposedl iu-1895 that the number of sheep was over-rated.' JBut,.a's/Senor Martinez,.the : sfatis'-' ticia'ii'rb 'the Department;.'points out,'the'r'e;is nothing uucbmmpV in the ; decrease' bf steep in recent years, as" it-has ■occurred ;'in : 'heariy all other "countries also. ..-Ho. states 'that the estimated number :of sheep. in', the' world in 1573 was about; 4Q0,000,Qf11),' whereas, jiow it'is prpbaplY-:barely mfiOOm-- A great increase In; pigs is shown', particularly for the 1,-is't thirteen years'. For. thp whole twenty years it amounts .to. 1,000,388. ..Other nnimals emiriieratb'tffor ltfOS are 465,037. mules, 2&5,058 donkeys iufl"3,2is,"S(i goats; . ; .;F,.;';. '; . rpvfv ,*_•* ' With respect to.the different grades of animals','the following cjetails are giveji:'-r- -: . : ;■: ,'■- ' ', ; ; -ilorses.;, CattleV--VSlieen.' : Pirrs '.Purebred; ;'-'- : ':^000':;^-,984;s«',.4;i7fl,M'''vT 1 -i62'' Crossbred 1,093,037 15,060.446■ 55,488,749' 539 i 26' Native :".,5,758,7q? : , 13,071,282 10,583,523 ,780,003 .Total 7,531,376 .29,116,625; 67,211,7541,403,591 : Therp' is; obviqusly a '■'njispriut' in the number of one of the. divisions-of pigs, as the items jack 20,000; fo make the-. ; total..- Probably -the purebred number should bVßi,i6a. -