Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-10-15 | Page 18 | Mexico Imports Big Portion of Meat Supply

MEXICO IMPORTS BIG PORTION OF -" MBIT SUPPLY MEXICO CITT, Oct. 14. Approximately Approxi-mately 1000 head of cauls, hogs, sheep and goat are killed for meat In Mexico Mex-ico City dally and o't this number at least per cent are Imported from either the United States or Argentina-Seventy Argentina-Seventy per cent of the Imported stock comes from the United fHatea, usually four daya by train from the border, and the remainder le brought from Boutb America on eteamera that traverse tra-verse the dlstsnce between Buenos Alrss and Vera Cms In seventeen days. In view of these figures, J, K Prlmra and Lee Kusssll, both well known to cattle men of the Mouthwest, are Just completing a stockyards here which at present has a capacity of 7500 head of stock and can be sniarged as necessity neces-sity demands. The stockysrds, the first of tbe kind ever ostsbllshed In Mexico on modern plans, adjoins the city slaughter pena and a working agreement baa been made whereby all of tbe city kill la first received In the local yards and there prepared for market. Cold storage stor-age la an unknown thing In Mexico, the natlvea preferlng their meat fresh killed, but, according to Mr. I'rlmm. who le In active charge of the yards, a storsge plant will be started as soon ss ths other snterprlses are asfely on their feet. Tbe Inauguration of the American-owned American-owned stockysrds is said by Its backers to be the forerunner of an earnest attempt at-tempt by United rttatea stockmen to replenish the Mexican herde that have been depleted by years of revolution. A branch of tha Pure Hred l ive Stock association of the United States bas been established In Mexliti Cliy and Is offering Its services free of charge to rancbere and farmers In yie selection of puiebred anlmala. According to best available flgwres, there were soms 16,000.000 nstive cattle I in Mexico before the revolution which started ten years sgo. There are less than 1.0oo,0oo now, and these are of low grads. Before the revolution conservative con-servative estimates say lb ere were 40.-000,000 40.-000,000 ahsep and goata, compared to the scant 7,000,000 now roaming ths hilts. llog raising hss alwaya been neglected and the number of ewlne In the country la almost negligible. Indicative Indi-cative of the natives' preference for meats other than pork la the fact that out of tbe 1004 anlmala killed In Mexico Mex-ico City dally lees thsn fifty are hogs and these to supply a olty of 1,000,-000 1,000,-000 Inhabitants. In ordr to facilitate ahlpmnta from I tha rnttad Htates and to offwH heavy con)nmnta from Arcntlna, which; ara fro wine avary month, American cattle men have eecurvcl numerous con-celone con-celone from the Mexican a-(vernmnt whereby anlmala may be brought Into Mexico with a minimum of difficulty. Inspection resjulatione have been relaxed re-laxed mm much as possible, and the railroads are making; serious efforts to move stock trains on express schedule. Htranne aa It may seem, Argentina cattle can be shipped to Mexico City cheaper than can animals from south Texas, although tha former stock does not compare In quality with that from the United fitates. Cattle shipments from all fore Inn countries to Mexico during ltll were more than ltH.OOO head, of which 14(1,000 came from south Texas.