Sheep Farming in Buenos Ayres
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A mid-19th-century periodical article describing sheep farming in the province of Buenos Aires for prospective British emigrants. It covers the growth of the wool trade, the importation of Merino, Leicester and Cotswold sheep, and share-farming arrangements (medianero, or halves, and "on thirds"). It also discusses scab and tobacco dip, cattle farming, Indian raids on the frontier, the Tandil massacre, climate and the 1871 yellow fever epidemic.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1872
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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