ARGENTINE LIVE STOCK (LAST CENSUS, 30th MAY, 1908)
| Number of Head. | Official Valuation. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| $ currency. | Equivalent in £. | ||
| Cattle | 29,116,625 | 938,685,834 | 81,981,295 |
| Sheep | 67,211,758 | 287,359,076 | 25,096,863 |
| Horses | 7,531,376 | 205,826,834 | 17,976,143 |
| Mules | 465,037 | 22,561,075 | 1,970,399 |
| Swine | 1,403,591 | 15,672,637 | 1,368,789 |
| Goats | 3,945,086 | 8,321,839 | 726,798 |
| Asses | 285,088 | 2,854,950 | 249,341 |
| 1,481,282,245 | 129,369,628 | ||
EXPORTS OF PRINCIPAL ARGENTINE ANIMAL PRODUCTS, 1885 TO 1913
| YEARS. | Salted Horse Hides. $ gold. | Dry Horse Hides. $ gold. | Goatskins. $ gold. | Kidskins. $ gold. | Salted Ox and Cow Hides. $ gold. | Dry Ox and Cow Hides. $ gold. | Sheepskins. $ gold. | Wool. $ gold. | Horse hair. $ gold. | Tallow. $ gold. | Butter. $ gold. | Totals. $ gold. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | 682,260 | 65,651 | 1,081,762 | 641,050 | 4,488,204 | 7,511,919 | 6,267,377 | 35,950,111 | 1,004,649 | 3,489,169 | — | 61,182,152 |
| 1886 | 587,271 | 86,178 | 306,577 | 502,040 | 3,649,287 | 6,267,592 | 6,350,671 | 31,711,604 | 775,977 | 1,715,158 | — | 51,952,355 |
| 1887 | 523,128 | 231,236 | 460,140 | 699,569 | 3,639,095 | 8,408,742 | 6,698,408 | 32,749,315 | 998,643 | 788,777 | — | 55,187,053 |
| 1888 | 815,840 | 84,745 | 585,478 | 864,111 | 4,584,728 | 10,046,281 | 5,610,923 | 44,858,606 | 1,257,970 | 2,140,393 | — | 70,849,074 |
| 1889 | 759,588 | 77,487 | 821,590 | 598,677 | 5,260,945 | 8,448,069 | 11,386,593 | 56,709,774 | 1,157,525 | 3,297,471 | 1,618 | 88,519,337 |
| 1890 | 519,483 | 82,074 | 1,023,478 | 754,295 | 5,171,473 | 5,759,745 | 6,787,108 | 35,521,681 | 929,686 | 1,996,629 | 9,608 | 58,555,260 |
| 1891 | 908,912 | 146,275 | 676,329 | 687,851 | 3,782,143 | 5,049,556 | 4,833,991 | 36,037,518 | 936,470 | 2,391,388 | 660 | 55,451,093 |
| 1892 | 380,274 | 142,278 | 493,647 | 593,111 | 3,901,454 | 6,056,865 | 9,618,175 | 44,326,060 | 790,227 | 2,263,729 | 3,045 | 68,568,865 |
| 1893 | 673,936 | 205,186 | 392,958 | 607,019 | 3,073,310 | 5,869,157 | 4,158,777 | 25,006,348 | 829,762 | 2,549,763 | 8,347 | 43,374,563 |
| 1894 | 758,393 | 287,769 | 588,458 | 819,045 | 3,553,198 | 7,045,877 | 4,915,384 | 28,948,933 | 996,468 | 2,809,450 | 5,850 | 50,728,825 |
| 1895 | 1,381,719 | 203,652 | 648,600 | 765,702 | 6,332,204 | 8,940,950 | 3,711,966 | 31,029,522 | 1,070,770 | 3,807,751 | 123,600 | 58,016,456 |
| 1896 | 360,109 | 141,847 | 689,031 | 687,928 | 4,598,515 | 6,600,005 | 4,061,055 | 33,516,049 | 902,441 | 3,179,326 | 225,771 | 54,962,077 |
| 1897 | 515,708 | 240,763 | 779,750 | 652,331 | 4,605,572 | 8,596,344 | 4,094,640 | 37,450,244 | 980,650 | 2,656,048 | 249,928 | 60,721,978 |
| 1898 | 522,368 | 288,734 | 1,282,816 | 439,546 | 5,171,440 | 6,887,596 | 6,194,267 | 45,584,603 | 1,099,465 | 2,862,512 | 231,626 | 70,564,973 |
| 1899 | 459,824 | 233,484 | 1,211,087 | 541,632 | 4,334,832 | 8,001,132 | 9,308,535 | 71,283,619 | 1,129,912 | 2,205,593 | 294,872 | 100,004,524 |
| 1900 | 389,625 | 274,428 | 770,499 | 260,119 | 5,285,819 | 8,159,542 | 7,472,988 | 27,991,561 | 1,136,107 | 2,803,327 | 263,939 | 54,809,954 |
| 1901 | 390,826 | 293,405 | 791,745 | 304,494 | 5,281,756 | 8,848,438 | 7,339,811 | 44,666,483 | 1,004,677 | 3,902,715 | 377,545 | 73,201,895 |
| 1902 | 406,794 | 460,906 | 823,328 | 292,704 | 6,384,955 | 8,822,302 | 8,487,078 | 45,810,749 | 1,064,646 | 6,209,038 | 1,277,969 | 80,040,469 |
| 1903 | 453,237 | 424,616 | 847,465 | 221,996 | 5,360,748 | 7,787,819 | 10,132,065 | 50,424,168 | 1,147,879 | 4,755,579 | 2,132,056 | 83,687,628 |
| 1904 | 507,450 | 368,450 | 1,078,196 | 285,630 | 5,367,610 | 8,256,351 | 8,676,025 | 48,355,002 | 1,025,580 | 4,012,083 | 2,117,761 | 80,050,138 |
| 1905 | 160,799 | 444,027 | 1,080,305 | 264,462 | 9,147,153 | 9,929,391 | 9,483,396 | 64,312,927 | 1,245,788 | 5,321,099 | 2,157,294 | 103,546,641 |
| 1906 | 68,933 | 507,738 | 1,116,762 | 256,976 | 8,458,664 | 10,570,124 | 8,513,910 | 58,402,771 | 1,243,812 | 3,482,526 | 1,762,130 | 94,384,346 |
| 1907 | 51,691 | 261,721 | 574,204 | 237,055 | 8,345,410 | 8,175,722 | 8,458,030 | 59,252,948 | 1,280,122 | 4,806,835 | 1,214,173 | 92,657,911 |
| 1908 | 18,740 | 248,077 | 934,174 | 184,276 | 7,232,842 | 8,452,819 | 5,626,416 | 47,246,183 | 1,143,615 | 6,030,601 | 1,419,867 | 78,537,610 |
| 1909 | 28,026 | 657,009 | 1,124,524 | 335,735 | 14,214,746 | 14,763,693 | 8,483,993 | 59,921,151 | 1,368,724 | 7,573,230 | 2,597,089 | 111,067,920 |
| 1910 | 15,526 | 484,893 | 1,001,824 | 310,694 | 16,953,372 | 13,758,036 | 8,623,922 | 58,847,699 | 1,335,160 | 9,536,681 | 1,150,610 | 112,018,417 |
| 1911 | 33,374 | 591,748 | 998,631 | 285,114 | 19,642,362 | 14,797,653 | 7,724,872 | 50,494,027 | 1,581,710 | 11,768,900 | 558,253 | 108,476,644 |
| 1912 | 23,112 | 356,305 | 1,231,906 | 228,604 | 24,844,075 | 17,285,501 | 7,657,157 | 58,148,664 | 2,111,177 | 11,314,728 | 1,470,682 | 124,671,911 |
| 1913 | 20,394 | 375,253 | 1,162,878 | 270,857 | 24,543,795 | 13,988,905 | 5,586,253 | 45,270,016 | 2,681,723 | 9,944,642 | 1,513,758 | 105,358,474 |
| Totals | 12,417,340 | 8,265,934 | 24,578,142 | 13,592,623 | 228,209,707 | 263,086,126 | 206,263,786 | 1,309,828,336 | 34,221,335 | 129,617,141 | 21,068,053 | 2,251,148,523 |
| = £ | 2,463,757 | 1,640,066 | 4,876,615 | 2,696,954 | 45,279,703 | 52,199,628 | 40,925,354 | 259,886,575 | 6,789,947 | 25,717,686 | 4,180,169 | £446,656,453 |
The average annual value of the Live Stock products of Uruguay during the five years ending 1913 was $39,682,850 (Uruguayan) = £8,443,315. Similarly with Cereal Exports, Live Stock Exports dropped in 1914, but have more than recovered during 1915. Evidently, however, no War-time Export Statistics can be taken as indications of the true productiveness of the countries concerned.
THE MEAT TRADE
The export of Meat from the River Plate Territories is no new thing; the first of such exports being authorized by Philip III of Spain in 1602.
The export under this edict was entirely confined to jerked beef; the salting industry only obtaining important development considerably later. It was not until 1793 that we find another Royal Edict which granted freedom from Export and Import duties for the salted meat and tallow of Buenos Aires.