SOUTH AMERICAN MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 151, 23 March 1925, Page 9

SOUTH AMERICAN MARKETS

enormous shipments of meat.

b' e " r Meat Producer! the following lette uated January rei>rKiuutatlvl of have been uun >erous thipmenl P le 9,016.65 fuarteis ot beet were sent from th. Aigentiue aloLe, while 4,026,097 carcasse ot niutton and lamb were sent to th British and Continental markets. In eluded in the mutton shipments are th sendings trom the tlireo Argentine'plant on the south coast, while 739,428 mor carcasses of niutton were sent from th three plants situated within Chilian tei ritory, in the south. lhere may be a slight difference ii the total of the shipments cabled t< your board, for the reason that then are occasionally odd lots of a tew thou sand quarters shipped irom hero t< orders, which has not been included ii the figures sent to your board, as iti destination was unknown whoa sent fron thia country. There were about 60,00 quarters sent for oruers. The total ship merits to Continental countries wore 171 per cent, higher in 1924 than in the previous year, which shows the increas mg demand from Continental countries for this country’s exportable beef ano mutton, for the sendings of mutton tc the Continent are also increasing. “I hear that Brazil is also sending considerable quantities of that country’s plain quality meat to Continental markets, and that country could easily send considerably more, as its cattle resources are better utilised to furnish cattle suitable for the beef export trade. “I am convinced that the continued heavy slaughtering here (not only of the best class of 'beef, but a large quantity of canned meat has also been exported during the past year, and a large number of mostly thin cows used for that purpose) will have its effects on the available cattle s*?pply of this country, and there is likely to be less quantities exported in the near future for the simple reason that cattle of ; all classes will be scarcer, and will not be obtainable in the present large quantities, while probably more artificial systems of feeding will bo adopted, that is. by the giving of a supplementary ration of grains produced on the pro. party. At present all fat cattle are straight from the alfalfa or pasture lands, and no artificial feeding is given. “Beneficial rains have been experienced after a prolonged drought, but the rainfall was very unevenly distributed, and while some districts got a sufficiency, others got nothing. This will cause grass and alfalfa to come up fresh and green, and though cattle may look better, they very rarely increase their weight under meh circumstances, as they are continually purging. Best quality iat cattle are somewhat scarce, though there is a largo supply .if Continental grade of animals, lhere io a slightly better inquiry for store cattle owing to the improved prospects, while good class of ’breeding :attle are selling well, B “There is a good demand for all classes if fat sheep, especially best quality ambs and light-weight wetheis. Importid stud rams are meeting a very slow idling trade, and I saw yesterday in :he quarantine station a considerable lumber o, New Zealand-bred Romneys nd Corricdales, though S»iey are not ikely to meet a good tradq here, owing o their plain quality fur this market, t few good New Zealand Lincolns iniiorted by another importer ought to meet satisfactory trade, as there ere several eal good sheep that will attract attenon here, and sell well. In yesteray’s market 599 lambs sent by George lorbett sold for £2 Is. -id., one of the est prices obtained for that number f lambs for some time, and denotes lie interest for good fat lam'bs.” I