Allusion has already been made to the benefit which the Spaniards conferred upon South America by setting down horses and cattle, and how abundantly they increased and multiplied in an astonishingly short time. It has been seen also that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the exportation of hides was a most progressive industry. Later, when the tyranny of Rosas was overpast, the production of cattle made giant strides and has by no means approached its limit.
CATTLE DRINKING.
The following figures represent the number of animals in the Argentine Republic:—
| Cattle | 29,116,625 |
| Sheep | 67,211,754 |
| Horses | 7,531,376 |
| Goats | 3,245,086 |
| Hogs | 1,403,591 |
| Mules | 465,037 |
| Donkeys | 285,088 |
Their total value is 645,000,000 dollars gold.[96] The United States has more cattle (71,267,000), but considerably fewer sheep and goats. Australia has more sheep (87,780,819), but far fewer horses and cattle. Chile, although looked upon as a wool-growing country, is insignificant in comparison with Argentina, possessing probably hardly more than two million sheep. Argentina has fewer hogs, mules, and donkeys than Spain, but, on the whole, it may be said that she equals, if she does not surpass, any other nation in the number and variety of her live stock.
BULLOCK-BREAKING IN JUJUY.