COUNTRY NEWS AND NOTES. ARGENTINE NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13104, 1 May 1908, Page 9

COUNTRY NEWS AND NOTES.

ARGENTINE NOTES.

H!IW HIB M'KMI. r^RP.KSI'ONCE.VT.I Bi:KXO.S AYIJB-. 14. IL-.n- we an.- ir.U) i!k> middle of Fob-.•■ii.-iry, v.-ith <Ti/i-jtl)iuy us dry as pos-til.-j• -. anij all th-o ]va«toral |mv>j>!o cry:iyj, <r;u lor rain. With the exoe.ption i. a few lor-ai summer storms hero and ihnro, we ha ]w<l practically no rom i-ip.T , * the lining of DoctKn'ber. C'<..«i>-rdU'.i'i'lv lilie price of storo stook i-» down to ;t:i cxtn k :rt«ly low price. 8i.2 are t\'C\ the onlt-r of the day as M-L:i:<ifc oat-,!'-, but, xhv iiuciioneoni have hard work to iin<l Uuytrs, nren at thii-j.> rat<t>. 1 imported stock still fl;yjd« the ma.rk; t, c-iitl, |icxJiai"6, is oven tlie haidc&t of all to dit>j.<*e of. Owiiii; to then* Kuch a small quantity of 'a! [or di:i!v;t>al, what- aro coming t'tirv\ard rt'jii:si> go-':d jirieee, with tJwi I'X'v.jvtion oi <-n <->i which i)w- domajid hi l<t:t> tlum tl'.e mpply. 'lliere tiro but very MiHill ij\u)i::-iUin of f«t laiule ccmiiij forward. Tho prices at j>resent aro a.s icJlmvs :—

PririH-r .s;<H'.:.s. fc'-O <.lollars to DO tlollaJß, f'jital io say .£.7 to £7 lbs.

IVnne wvs. £-1 its to .CO 11k. Prime Us 9<l to 10s. I Prime owes. 11s (Sd to 14s. j Pninm lam!*», Hs Od -to l£u 3a. I Dmre are a few ascs whore ehoico »:s in.als _.haro ex<o ded Uvea* (i'.'Mrrs, for instance, the "Paetoril Jistitn- <•'•'»•'"' who secured 80 doilan* for cews. ll<)v.TVcr, if tho wwtliM- has been disii.u'iT.rs:!'!o ibr Iho pas-toniList, it Jkis hr.en quite tho reverse, for tJio agriculturist, ami the harvest o-.f l!)07-!!X)8 is I now ahncKt a thins o f the pa:-t. Tluii the. ArgnntijiA Jus produced more whcvi.t tlu'iji tn-oir ]ki« bfforc to be an acknowledged fa<t, but. that dor« .not constitute, a record yield, for a ntut-h larger extent was tinder wli<\n.t thrill th-"»rc» ever kae been before. Old cropped land, well worked and mvs wry early, Ims trirrn tho bent results. Some , V ] lO ] I|K | rW |Jly gocK | tycp^^ not l'<*i,i,n.g l»y th-\ «i;:<k, Mid who .w.Jd a.', tho o.a.rly liiyh prices, have, more or Jets pa.id tiho pru.-o of tdieir la-nd out of t.ii.ib- ttivo crop. Th© railway companies are doing tlioir br«t to cope with the demand mode. upo» %J"w>, but it will bo .many months bolero th«v lia-vo finished therir wheat labours. Not only are tho sheds full, but hug© pi:cn aro nmdo in tho etmtioo yn.rdri. cx>vx>rcd by ta-nwuuline. Already thwo is a brisk donuwid for ronxtng land for tlio ortming crop, aiod it etswr.B «.lino«t. a oerLiinty ihni, tho prioo of land must adrajio©. Mti"M>, Jicwovfir, is ffiriju; but poor rceults, owing chiefly to the want of rain. In tto eoulli "the lato frosts liiavo doiie damage, whereas in the north tho locnsts aro etiJl very bad amd iiovo accounted tor most of it. So far not Twuoh of tilio harrcst ir.owy is in ciroulatmn., and, owing to the Gororarn ont's lat-e friction smwnr theinßoJviK, wliich co far is onJy a bursts! buibblo, trado is very qui<?<t.. Still this must altoT coon,, for Argentine to-day ecoms to bo richer and more proJi>t>rous than, the ever vas.