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PASTORAL FARMING IN ARGENTINA...
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PASTORAL FARMING IN ARGENTINA...
incl. COMMERCIAL REARING LIVESTOCK
CATTLE
GOAT
SHEEP
for MILK, MEAT, WOOL ,HIDES
AREAS OF PASTORAL FARMING
SHEEP
THRIVED IN COOL & DRY WEST
SHEEP REARING
IN COOL & DRY REGIONS OF FOOTHILLS OF ANDES & PATAGONIAN PLATEAUS
PASTURES ARE POORER WITH SHORT, COARSE GRASS
BEEF
RAISED IN PAMPAS, TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS & FINEST GRAZING GROUNDS
DAIRY CATTLE
RAISED IN PAMPAS
PARTICULARLY IN BUENOS AIRES
CATTLE
REARED IN WARM & WET AREAS IN EAST
PAMPAS
MILD CLIMATE
FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS FOR CATTLE REARING
TREELESS
FERTILE SOIL
LAND SOWN WITH ALFAFA
MAIN FODDER FOR CATTLE
LUXURIANT & NUTRITIOUS
CATTLE GETS FATTENED QUICKLY
RAINFALL YEAR ROUND
RAINFALL IF LESS..WATER GIVEN THROUGH WELLS AND WIND PUMPS
MODERATE TEMP.
MAIZE,OATS RYE ALSO GROWN
ESTANCIAS
CATTLE REARED ON LARGE FARMS WHICH HAVE EXTENSIVE AREAS (+10000 HECTARES) IS ESTANCIAS
Annotations:
WHAT IS ESTANCIAS
BOUNDRIES FENCED WITH BARBED WIRES
SUB DIVIDED TO PADDOCKS
SMALLER YARD CALLED CORRAL
CATTLE SORTED & BRANDED
MANAGED LIKE FACTORY
HAS GENERAL MANAGER (OVERALL SUPERVISOR)
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGER
FODDER
MILK PRODUCTION
CULTIVATION
WATER SUPPLY
MACHINERY
BEEF PRODOCTION
MEDICAL FACILITIES
SHELTER BELTS
SELF-CONTAINED UNITS
HOUSES FOR OWNERS,MANAGERS AND WORKERS
COTTAGES OF WORKERS HAVE SMALL PLOTS WHERE THEY GROW FRUITS &VEGETABLES OR RAISE PIGS & POULTRY
THERE R ALSO STOREHOUSES, FARMS, STABLES, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, POWER STATION, MACHINE SHOPS ETC..
VETINARY DOCTORS TAKE CARE OF ANIMALS.
GAUCHOS
ARE THE COWBOYS
DUTY IS TO HERD CATTLE YEAR ROUND
EXCELLENT HORSEMEN
DRIVE ON HORSE BACK LOOKING AFTER AND DRIVING CATTLE
MIXED RACE OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN INDIAN
WEAR LEATHER JACKETS,PANTS,LONG BOOTS,TRIANGULAR WOOLEN CAP CALLED PONCHO WORN(PROTECTION FROM COLD) & BROAD BRIMMED JACKETS(SOMBREROS)
ROUNDING UP CATTLE THEY USE LASSO(LONG ROPE WITH NOOSE ,THROWN AROUND HORNS OR NECKS OF CATTLE)
BOLA(ROPE WITH ROUND STONE TIED)USED TO BRING RUNNING CATTLESTO GROUND
CATTLE CONSTANTLY ON MOVE TO AVOID OVER GRAZING.
IN SUMMER TAKEN TO MOUNTAIN PASTURES
IN WINTER TAKEN TO LOWER SLOPES OF MOUNTAINS
PRODUCTS OF PASTORAL FARMING
GREAT CARE TAKEN TO REAR HIGH QUALITY BEEF CATTLE
FATTENED AND TAKEN BY TRAINS TO SLAUGHTER HOUSES OR FRIGORIFICOS
CATTLE KILLED & BEEF FROZEN.
TRADE
ROSARIO,BAHIA BLANCA & CORDOBA IMP. MEAT PACKING & EXPORTING CENTRES
MAIN BUYERS R EUROPEAN COUNTRIES (MOSTLY GERMANY) AND GULF COUNTRIES.
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