ARGENTINE 
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From the days of the early Spaniards stock- 
raising has flourished and will always be one 
of the chief industries of the land. Not only 
the Government but individuals as well real 
ize this and co-operate with each other for the 
purpose of producing the best strains of all 
breeds of cattle. 
There are many “refrigerificos” or cold- 
storage plants and abattoirs throughout the 
land and for years Europe received practi 
cally all of Argentine’s animal products, 
her exports in this line alone being approxi 
mately $350,000,000 in 1914. Due to the 
fact that these establishments were oper 
ated by British capital, England naturally took 
most of this meat. The larger American 
packing-houses have now entered the trade 
with the double purpose of supplying both 
their European and American customers from 
this field and direct refrigerator ships now run 
from the River Plate to New York City with 
cargoes of Argentine beef and mutton. The 
last census showed 30,000,000 beef cattle; 
9,000,000 horses; 500,000 mules; 300,000