| PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES | SPECIES | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATTLE | SHEEP | HORSES | ||||
| Federal Capital and the Island of M. García | - | 11,538 | - | 7,072 | + | 7,367 |
| Buenos Aires | + | 2,605,339 | - | 18,025,479 | + | 844,568 |
| Santa Fé | + | 1,098,439 | - | 1,019,371 | + | 509,609 |
| Corrientes | + | 1,382,639 | + | 1,733,462 | + | 187,039 |
| Córdoba | + | 754,554 | - | 602,552 | + | 579,080 |
| San Luis | - | 98,925 | + | 314,439 | + | 67,290 |
| Tucumán | - | 23,058 | + | 25,134 | + | 57,151 |
| Entre Rios | + | 360,829 | + | 795,284 | + | 132,510 |
| Salta | + | 9,398 | + | 63,670 | + | 26,115 |
| Catamarca | - | 7,357 | + | 28,899 | + | 19,050 |
| Jujuy | - | 16,337 | - | 62,830 | + | 8,673 |
| Mendoza | + | 61,252 | + | 120,186 | + | 51,268 |
| La Rioja | + | 170,603 | + | 60,025 | + | 22,986 |
| Santiago del Estero | + | 37,350 | + | 316,978 | + | 96,668 |
| San Juan | + | 12,629 | + | 37,237 | + | 3,458 |
| Central Pampa | + | 65,517 | - | 486,100 | + | 52,534 |
| Rio Negro | + | 197,409 | + | 3,715,067 | + | 142,875 |
| Neuquen | + | 20,022 | + | 315,528 | + | 47,680 |
| Chubut | + | 305,051 | + | 2,076,322 | + | 152,925 |
| Santa Cruz | + | 14,778 | + | 2,018,302 | + | 28,524 |
| Fireland | + | 11,055 | + | 1,335,186 | + | 9,910 |
| Chaco | + | 181,327 | + | 2,318 | + | 13,163 |
| Misiones | + | 24,102 | + | 3,382 | + | 10,895 |
| Formosa | + | 192,300 | + | 20,044 | + | 13,058 |
| The Andes | + | 905 | + | 54,133 | + | 121 |
| Republic at large | + | 7,415,099 | - | 7,167,808 | + | 3,084,517 |
The result of the comparison is to show that in the provinces and territories of the Republic, the number of cattle has increased by 7,415,099 head, and that of horses by 3,084,517 head, whereas sheep have fallen off by 7,167,808.
The following are the figures for Cattle and Sheep respectively as calculated by Señor Emilio Lahitte, Director of the Division of Rural Economy and Statistics in the Argentine National Ministry of Agriculture, existing in each Province and Territory of that Republic on the 31st December, 1911.
| CATTLE | SHEEP | |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Capital | 14,338 | 1,222 |
| Province of Buenos Aires | 7,045,523 | 28,934,475 |
| ” Santa Fé | 4,055,624 | 1,612,799 |
| ” Córdoba | 2,251,744 | 2,753,773 |
| ” Entre Rios | 2,260,078 | 6,721,976 |
| ” Corrientes | 5,030,396 | 5,937,432 |
| ” San Luis | 861,831 | 1,565,326 |
| ” Santiago del Estero | 1,121,374 | 1,344,024 |
| ” Mendoza | 395,327 | 745,701 |
| ” San Juan | 174,835 | 191,752 |
| ” La Rioja | 600,582 | 234,587 |
| ” Catamarca | 382,108 | 230,201 |
| ” Tucumán | 653,458 | 234,591 |
| ” Salta | 892,248 | 630,681 |
| ” Jujuy | 172,387 | 1,128,321 |
| National Territory of Pampa Central | 399,460 | 5,751,856 |
| ” ” Misiones | 154,328 | 24,761 |
| ” ” Formosa | 359,139 | 46,397 |
| ” ” Chaco | 562,412 | 25,052 |
| ” ” Los Andes | 2,057 | 108,523 |
| ” ” Rio Negro | 379,312 | 8,476,993 |
| ” ” Neuquen | 295,770 | 1,099,161 |
| ” ” Chubut | 651,511 | 5,091,132 |
| ” ” Santa Cruz | 55,442 | 4,946,677 |
| ” ” Tierra del Fuego | 14,726 | 2,564,073 |
| ” ” Isla Martín García | 218 | — |
| Totals | 28,786,168 | 80,401,486 |
The 1908 Census showed that more than one-fourth of the whole cattle of the Republic were Durhams, rather less than one-sixth Herefords and the remainder made up of very much smaller quantities of Polled Angus, Dutch, Red Polled, Jerseys, Flemish and Swiss, their numerical importance being according to the order in which they are here stated, from a total of 125,829 Polled Angus to 3401 Swiss.
As has been said, Lincolns are still in most favour among sheep, followed by Romney Marsh and other long-wool breeds, Shropshire, Hampshire and Oxford Downs, Southdowns and Rambouillets and Merinos.
The reason for the great preference shown for Durhams is their reputation for combined meat-carrying and milking qualities, in which latter Herefords are relatively deficient. The dairy industries are already developing on an important scale.
There are practically no parts of the River Plate Territories except their forests, mountains and certain as yet unirrigated tracts, such as the Valley of the Rio Negro, which are not naturally adapted to cattle or sheep raising, or both, and at present Live Stock is to be found in almost exclusive occupation of close on 96,000,000 hectares out of the calculated total of 300 million hectares of cultivable land in the Argentine Republic. These figures are taken from the 1908 Argentine Census, above referred to.
The parallel figures for Uruguay are not available in such exact form of statement, but it may be taken that there are very few parts of that country in which cattle or sheep or both are not found.