THE ARGENTINE

Hokitika Guardian, 2 December 1924, Page 4

THE ARGENTINE

MAY ZKAi.ANDKIi’S IM PHKSSiONS OK INTKIi KSTING COCXTIiV. WKLI.IXGTOX. Nov. *_>!). Mr C. K. liobertsan. ol the linn ot Wiiglit. Sieplienson and Co., who was the official representative of the lloyal Agricultural Society of New Zealand at the International Show held at the Argentine. mid Messrs S. .1. and Charles Guulter. ol llleiilieiin. have returned to New Zealand. .Mr Robertson -tales that at the time of his visit the Argentine was steadily recovering from the slump, or as it was termed i here, the crisis, and as prides for beef advanced considerably and

new markets were opening up mi the Kuropeau Continent, the country was looking forward to a period ol prospci ity. During flu* crisis dairying had been turned lo as a mole profitable system of fanning than cattle raising and fattening. but owing to Hie improved position of the bed market and the really mi -at islaelory labour lor ibis technical class of farming, he was of the opinion that Ho great advance would be Iliad.' in dairying I'm some years to collie. I p to the present the c '-operative factory system bail not been a success, Iml there were some huge proprietary coneerns which engaged in the producing as well as in the maiiulac-

tnring business. KNOILMOI'K 11 I'll! ILL One ol these e.im eriis milked nil nlie properly 7ldl head of Friesian cal tie and another, founded l\ Mr Reynolds, lurmeiT, of Cambridge. New Zealand, mill.ed on ii- propel in-s nearly I ! dairy short-horns. Machine milking was not practised, and the onus were only milked mice a day. the calves running with the cows. The country was an amazingly rich agriciilt oral one. and there were many very large concerns working huge tracts of land. One company. for example, ran I .“."itl.tlllil sheep, t lie largest cattle breeder owned “II!!,0!X) breeding cows, and quite a number of shorthorn hroodeis bred and sold |!)!)!l bulls and over a year, and one pig-breeder fattened l“.lil!:l pigs all -

Dually. Lines ol one brand of steers, fill at two years and nine mouths, had been sold by one breeder ill successive years in drafts of II).“Oil and It.’.•’>!)!!. The country had been well named the Amazing Argentine. The sliorl-horn

cattle Were the liiie-t in the world, but the dairy cattle and sheep could lie vastlv improved upon. XLW ZKAI.AXI) SIIKKI’.

The prospects for extending the trade in .New Zealand-sheep were excellent, and in time there would he a demand for dairy cattle. Stock of a high .standard was repaired, and in their own interests the lireod Societies would repuiie to insist upon their inspectors passing nothing; lor export except stock of a really ereditahh' class. (ttlite it numher of shipments of rough lookin': sheep had keen made and had called forth severe critiesni. The market repaired pualilv from New Zealand. Knglish hreeders had loaded the marked with the other kind, ill filet at a joint sale <d' English I’omneys and l.im-olns following on the Exhibition. not it single hid was forthcoming. P NIT I'd) STATES AND CANADA.

After spending two months in Soutl America. Mr l’ohertson proceeded 0 the T T nited Stiites and Canada, am while there attended the National Horse Show iit New York, and tin

Pacific International Live Stock Exposition id. Port laud. The former warn! her disappointing, hilt the latter was remarkahle for th" scope and diversity of the live-stock display. The ■ft.'Of) cutties of live-stock at the latletshow were all housed in one large building. covering ].'! acres. The organisation was simply wonderful. Par-.-ides of stock were held daily Ihrntighonl the exhibition, which continued for ten days, and even church services foilin' stockmen were held on the Sunday at this show. The sheep (of which there were 770 exhibited) nod the heef cattle were very disappointing. The features of the show were the dairy cattle, the [tigs and the horses. There were over 700 entries in the pig section and lotlO animals were exhibited, including six carload lots or truck loads of .10 each. Mr Poberlson considers

that the driving competition :it tins show for teams of six heavy horses w:is the most spectacular event he snw in his travels. Six teams competed- two teams of Pen-herons, one each of Belgians and Shires, and two teams of Clydesdales. The teams went over the course at a sparkline pace and were handled in the must expert fashion. Four hundred pounds in prize-money was offered for the contest.