One is all too apt in dealing with the River Plate Republics to confine one’s ideas regarding them to industries of a magnitude commensurate with the huge extent of their Territories; but with the coming of the real colonist, when he does come, the mixed farming which, necessarily for his own comfort, he will bring with him will greatly enhance the importance of milch breeds of cattle, pigs, poultry and the produce of the kitchen garden in the rural economy of the River Plate. ARGENTINE LIVE STOCK (LAST CENSUS, 30TH MAY, 1908) -------+------------+---------------------------------- | | OFFICIAL VALUATION. | Number of |---------------------------------- | Head. | $ 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 ------+----------+---------+----------+----------+-----------+----------- | Salted | | | | Salted | | Horse |Dry Horse|Goatskins.| Kidskins.| Ox and |Dry Ox and YEARS.| Hides. | Hides. | $ gold. | $ gold. | Cow Hides.|Cow Hides. | $ gold. | $ gold. | | | $ gold. | $ gold. ------+----------+---------+----------+----------+-----------+----------- 1885 | 682,260| 65,651| 1,081,762| 641,050| 4,488,204| 7,511,919 1886 | 587,271| 86,178| 306,577| 502,040| 3,649,287| 6,267,592 1887 | 523,128| 231,236| 460,140| 699,569| 3,639,095| 8,408,742 1888 | 815,840| 84,745| 585,478| 864,111| 4,584,728| 10,046,281 1889 | 759,588| 77,487| 821,590| 598,677| 5,260,945| 8,448,069 1890 | 519,483| 82,074| 1,023,478| 754,295| 5,171,473| 5,759,745 1891 | 908,912| 146,275| 676,329| 687,851| 3,782,143| 5,049,556 1892 | 380,274| 142,278| 493,647| 593,111| 3,901,454| 6,056,865 1893 | 673,936| 205,186| 392,958| 607,019| 3,073,310| 5,869,157 1894 | 758,393| 287,769| 588,458| 819,045| 3,553,198| 7,045,877 1895 | 1,381,719| 203,652| 648,600| 765,702| 6,332,204| 8,940,950 1896 | 360,109| 141,847| 689,031| 687,928| 4,598,515| 6,600,005 1897 | 515,708| 240,763| 779,750| 652,331| 4,605,572| 8,596,344 1898 | 522,368| 288,734| 1,282,816| 439,546| 5,171,440| 6,887,596 1899 | 459,824| 233,484| 1,211,087| 541,632| 4,334,832| 8,001,132