MORE ABOUT ARGENTINA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 764, 12 March 1910, Page 8

MORE ABOUT ARGENTINA.

r,. . .. ..• STOCK REQUIREMENTS. r. An exrNew.; Zealandciy. Mr. O-Vald R. ' v written' a •7S. •' and^ lcttfer 'front' Buenos' -- : MAjrres the; prospects' 'of this >fcounfty'. i'business. in ; live. stock, with Argen- . -Mr.yThrop's:'; 'letter ; was written.* : h' ;A).®pepially"- ; in .view of the forthcoming iu- , : rtfirnatiohai show,' hut' as the time ;'f or. rc : ' : . giving* entries for the show - lias long: gone * v- ',past, that portion ,'of ■ his; is ;no; , lopger "of . interest.; His' general ■ remarks - • ;■ M,to:the.Argentine's requirementson l the/ ;■. of; breeding •■aw J well'? isaccordingly- : . . reproduced in. an • abridged - form/- '7. ' 'It is not : .geheraily. ; known-iii 'NewJZeaaand, Mr;..l*hrop,: that, although, • - -! t *5 ls .' ls ' V yast with; soils, of tne ; • -choicest - qualities, \and.''avery .agreeable \chmatb,* all r things produced ;m it deter- ; V borate,.and to any. high degree ;of all seeds'and slud stock have 1 : .sot.to, 1 be . imported./ Most'- of.-'the ? -trade 1 " ti ll 6 and requires ; ex- - same 'length- of time, in;:trans- . ijportotioii.^as l it.''takes : -'from • New Zealand, ; • V:; ; and' therefore •New.; Zealand has /agreat, :advantage.'-.,First, ,;th&t .her .summer is the .aame - •NoTember . to . January,-vandvnot/May' to July as is- tho • : iß6gnshvsumti4ef.-;V .SecbndlyiV-sfock-*''' r 'have. . "Dot^ot.to''undergo the'intense-heat-in-the r > topics, -mor: undergo . acclimatisation, ,anu thesD..facts;are'^ot;:.'very great 1 advantage: ;;.*o-New' Zealand.' .Siiicevbeing r -in'Biienos ' ' ;:-:.'^y^,:l: : h4T6; ; attehd«"d';.s6Me ; v:stud !, 'st6ck'' : : of >stock':is ; • wm^;Mported, : tee:frora^ |Booked' at the locally-bred-.stock ;-and - have - ; toow, of- how. the: New.:Zealan'd.'. < : tetudSj.wpuld'.cpmpete among. them., *' •r/

■Shorthorns; Favoured, ■ ■ ' >with ; .' .'ihdus-' ' ■ [try', or ' this country'. I--, am'; perfectly,:, sure New. ; Zealand -would- not ; feTablevto. give satisfaction,, as have some beau- :,. tiful be'asfe'fpr;beei';breeding;J Th'e'Shorl-torn.-is, ve^,,.-much.-the 'iavoiirite' breed, • vut in. the* flerefotds and 1 Pojled Angus, she. latter of which is . extensively used; '' teome*.bulls thafwould make an. Impres-sion-here could be found on the' late Jas. Holmes's.Waimahaki-Estate, and atGladbrooke ?for; Black Angus./ They; would ■ have to. be. very well . grown,; and ■in tip- - . . top -condition,' and .of-'-extreraely- high' - : joality, or they may. as well be .left in; New .Zealand.v. In tact,-; i,t ; doesn't jnatter; what-cla^'of. stbck.'you '.migjit-intend-to' ■ send, this remark applies, to,, alt, ; horses', . and;sheep, .etc. In, tie; Shorthorn,' how- . ever, vthero... is-nothing "iii'-Ncw;-Zealand, ■. to. tty mind, that..wo,uld. be wantedjover' hero.'.-In dairying, cattle'.things are more' hopeful,- as 'thc on the. eve.-.ofconsidering;, this;',importantques- ; tion;'.:'arid.-'has_.therefore.; nothing-.worthy .'. ;/• lof-note- yet.. If she should go in for. this injdustry:, ! .should. be.-disappointed, if-;New^ [Zealand'.was.not on < a;satisfactory footing'. )tp 'be able, to. export. a good strain' of , [milkers to this country.'-'. At . tlio" presentWine there' are. only'one or .'two- breeders? on-New Zoaland who: go iil' ; for really tipsop,-, strains,-such as-it : j would only'.pay. tto• ship here. That '.the' dairying-'indu's- ; fry,- is-starting- here there is no mistaking.' •One place/here mill:s 1500 'caw.vand : judj ) '- tog- py.- the. way; theyvdo 'things'*in...this' . - country; that, .'number .lyill :sooii' je in- : creased, .for-creameries are'already,workSng,;andr itjis;'only'Va mattor.of ft:'-year.'.oi'. itwo.and.-'fMs country.'wili c'ome into com- ;. petition'. .with :Ne\X: 1 Zealai,-1 butter, as ■ it-. '.J^d-,.?rith'' New . Zealaind 'mutton .'on the Glome market. j ■

(The-Popular Lincoln.' - Taking sheep next' in'.'importance -'to' •/Battle;:Neir'Zealand is far- ahead of/the tArgentine in. quality\and 'variety, " and' inetfdjneVer fear having to.stoop to se'cbmh ' bplaco; fopuqu'alityalj/iPliere is'one important'. : fc^d6^er>:qnly J ,iJ i ;diithat is the, Linooln.j '0-W is; ;mostjgatehsively,; used, *aiyl,'; lor;,various,reasons..' 'I'he' Argentine liliesi ;-jßize- : in;'.eyerything,;;and' the -bigjjgr his: ' sheep • are* the; more he -is sdtisfirU. .'With; : size,, however;' one' cahnot - expect- choice: - :^:.'^l.: l#ir:;muttph,'-'.and.,tliis.p-'.where -New"Zealand is" out oh:her own.'- Another' (reason,' and one more in, favour of;the : : [Lincblii .thflji . some other'breeds,, is -'that (the: lambs, .withstand disease', better.'-A : "disease .is' prevallent^"among lainfis herelto: EUCII. an ' extent that.- 011 some ■ esthncias' it is' very ..difficult to'increaseV.the stock.: lio , Eomney, - however, withstands .this'.disease' Seiy- -well, ■ but.: it ■ is,hbt. qui te as :big''an' nimaWas the Lincoln, and i? -therefore ■ »ot in great demand: - Another sheep used ; mere; is;Southdown,;■ but not to' any exahd othersvl-ieyer' hear.' Mentioned. aTe . polish .and Border, Leicesters.-, C-or- • "Cheviots are. practically.... un-. known here.;. ■ Merinos, .are second \in place - , to Imcoln;" this I :'can't ; altogether'under- . Btendv as : the country i^so'flat-'and soil'so rich.

Horses in -Demand. v ye?y. importakt trado vis ;beifig ' done' . England;'and . France in: horses, but Itho litter- 'couhtry" is ,'only" looked • to;for : me. h^yy.,^rman])y:;:draught'.horse;-: 111', wefaiey,,stallions, I NewVZea--,[land...could:-at -present, send' that- ;. would, cafch.-the eye* 1 ' The style -of: hack,jneys: here.is .-very,: diffgrentifrom.; that/.in; , liorses! ore ..copbad^-» A. -good .'sound-;trotting ' well cleafr]egged ) :hißh-'4ctionMhorse^ouldbfl jw a ntc4 T f av '. ,: clean i :wal ker 5 and ey«h '• : i^W4-®Jt'i6iie;llMtt{-could'trot"one,mile jm 2.40.-.-He would-not be wanted to probut earriage.'-and' ftrotting iacKneys/'sff thiit is'-not'so , [important.a factor as'stylish 'walking aiiid icarriage ~ si'ould- bo'Jwdrth/a: , lot' of .'attention;: te I tit ;jfo I definite" tireed;hasvbeeii estoblisho-l;-in 'Argentina os.,m-Ae\Y Zealand: 'Tlic Shire horse''is', extensively -used.,-- -as, is 'also -the' .Suffolk- ■ Punch; and Normanby.i but as yet Clydes- ; we?:, aw..'cot -a" '.speciality,:', though tfey - y^comingfayour. In^the.-. UMter,,-breed *T know- oi Llu'ce gentlemen /wh6-would'try Gtigo Clydesdaleein ipre'ference .Me, Scotch,;,buf..under Bent conditions. thr-y can't very well Vdo' so-' {without a good deal of' expense. '• .ftofits wiH. follow, llr. Throp- writes, onQe Weiy Zealand properly, advertises her«elf in. this market. .