. Economic factors in cattle feeding. Cattle. 6 chiefly by importations of high class pedigreed beef and dairy cattle from. Great Britain. It is an historical fact that the cattle breeders of Argentina, and more especially the breeders of regis- tered beef cattle, have bought the best that Great Britain has pro- duced, without much reference to their cost. In the herdbook of the Argentine Rural Society in 1909 there had been registered about 50,000 pedigreed cattle of beef breeds, some 4,000 of which were imported; and not all pedi- greed cattle are registered in the Rural Society's book. Duri
. Economic factors in cattle feeding. Cattle. 6 chiefly by importations of high class pedigreed beef and dairy cattle from. Great Britain. It is an historical fact that the cattle breeders of Argentina, and more especially the breeders of regis- tered beef cattle, have bought the best that Great Britain has pro- duced, without much reference to their cost. In the herdbook of the Argentine Rural Society in 1909 there had been registered about 50,000 pedigreed cattle of beef breeds, some 4,000 of which were imported; and not all pedi- greed cattle are registered in the Rural Society's book. During the period from 1880 to 1907, 16,150 pedigreed cattle were im- ported into Argentina, 14,624 of which were brought from the United liingdom; and in the two years 1907 to 1909 over 9000 head were imported from England alone.^ The extension of fencing has been an important factor in making systematic, selective cattle raising possible. At present, in place of the old native cattle, estancias are stocked with mestizo (half breeds), and in many cases more highly im- proved slock. In several instances large beef herds were seen which were practically pure bred. Shorthorns (more frequent-. FlG . Ax Lmi^okted ShohthoHxN Bull Doing Sehvice l\ the Ahgentlxe. ESTANCIEROS HaVE BOUGHT THE BeST THAT GrEAT BRITAIN HaS Produced, Without Much Reference to Their Cost 1. Census of the Nation: .Stock Breeding and Agriculture in 1908^ ,,Vol. 3,-pp. 97, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mumford, Herbert Windsor, 1871-; Hall, Louis Dixon, 1878-. Urbana, Ill.
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