| Male calves | 3,820,443 |
| Heifers | 3,511,412 |
| Bulls | 886,450 |
| Bullocks | 4,687,027 |
| Cows for breeding | 12,825,904 |
| Milch cows | 2,163,900 |
| Oxen | 1,221,489 |
| ————— | |
| 29,116,025 | |
| ————— |
It now remains to consider the value of the animals registered as existing in the Republic in the year of census 1908.
In 1895 this value was estimated at 1,136,780,411 piastres (paper), which with the exchange at 300 per cent. was equivalent to 378,926,803 piastres (or dollars) in gold, or £75,785,360, 12s., while the latest census gives a value of 1,481,282,245
piastres in paper, which with exchange at 2·27, is equivalent to 651,764,187 piastres in gold, or £130,352,835.
If now we analyse these figures, dividing them among the various species of animals, as given by the censuses of 1895 and that of 1908, we obtain the following table:—
| Species. | 1895. | 1903. |
| Cattle | £44,568,493 | £82,604,353·4 |
| Horses | 5,099,281·4 | 18,112,761·4 |
| Mules | 666,159·6 | 1,985,374·6 |
| Asses | 131,914 | 251,235 |
| Sheep | 24,525,101 | 25,287,598·6 |
| Goats | 389,139 | 732,322 |
| Swine | 405,272 | 1,379,192 |
| —————— | —————— | |
| £75,785,360 | £130,352,837 |
We see from this that, in spite of the moderate valuation of the stock in 1908, its value had increased, in thirteen years, by nearly £54,600,000.
Knowing the numbers and the value of the live stock of the Argentine Republic, a last question arises of the highest interest. What place does the Argentine hold among those nations in which stock-raising has reached its highest development?
To answer these questions, we have resorted to the most authoritative publications available, with the result that we are enabled to draw up the following table:—
| Species. | ||||
| States. | Cattle. | Horses. | Sheep. | Swine. |
| The Argentine Republic | 29,116,625 | 7,531,376 | 67,833,112 | 1,403,501 |
| The United States | 69,438,758 | 21,216,888 | 61,837,112 | 64,694,222 |
| Canada | 5,376,451 | 1,577,493 | 2,510,239 | 2,353,828 |
| Australia | 9,349,409 | 1,765,186 | 83,687,653 | 813,569 |
| Cape Colony | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | 11,800,000 | 400,000 |
| India, Burmah, E. Indies, etc. | 91,700,000 | 1,300,000 | 18,000,000 | — |
| European Russia | 39,000,000 | 22,600,000 | 42,900,000 | 11,200,000 |
| Germany | 20,600,000 | 4,300,000 | 7,700,000 | 22,100,000 |
| France | 14,000,000 | 3,200,000 | 17,500,000 | 700,000 |
| Austria | 9,500,000 | 1,600,000 | 2,000,000 | 4,700,000 |
| Great Britain | 7,000,000 | 1,600,000 | 25,400,000 | 2,700,000 |