Thursday, November 23, 2006

Conditioning Mascarra



to the country's growth needed to be integrated into the international market as soon as a producer of raw material.

The factories of the major world powers needed materials such as leather, wool, tallow, meat, cereals and Argentina could produce all that, but for this, to lack capital, technology and labor.

It implements a growth plan based on Agro-exporting Model Pampas where properly exploited could meet the expectations of a prosperous future for Argentina.

Argentina's institutional image abroad was good, and countries such as Britain said its capital to this region of the planet. Moreover, the country was ensured high profits, that is, its capital was protected.

is offering more than 30 million hectares that had been conquered in the Desert Campaign, although some of them were already distributed to the same sponsors of the conquest.

In Europe, people also wanted to seek opportunities abroad, boat fares were down thanks to technological advances, Argentina also subsidize part or all of the cost.

Part of the English capital was destined to the promotion of credit to purchase land at low cost and with great facilities.

agriculture are encouraged and created the means to reach inhospitable area and in turn facilitated the evacuation of the grain at harvest time.

Built bridges, roads, ports, railways, telegraphs, telephones, tanks, silos, etc. ..

In the 1880 foreign investment increased 10 times over the past decade, mainly British capital.

rail network increased from 2500 km. in 1880 to 9000 km. in 1890 was a period known as the railway mania, the large number of concessions given by the government.

railway companies and almost got big gains were not controlled by the state, which in turn assured them minimum benefits. He gave 1 km. of land on either side of the tracks.

There was a large concentration of roads in the Pampa area, clearly fertile and prosperous area for farming, which was removed immediately harvested products to their final destination at the port.

Than 100,000 hectares. step planted in 1875 to 800,000 hectares. in 1885, ie 8 times was increased planted areas., mostly in Santa Fe who became the country's breadbasket.

wheat exports increased from 1100 ton. to 327,000 tons, the same for the corn that was passed 15,000 in 1880 to 700,000 tons.

parallel there was a growth in livestock, particularly in Buenos Aires, where the number of heads has doubled in just 7 years of this decade.

best meat were obtained, suitable for European demands, our traditional livestock, boney, skinny and tough meat was crossed with other breeds as Shorthon and Hereford.

fields were cultivated with forage crops (alfalfa), which introduced changes in the care and breeding cattle. However there was still 78% of local cattle or wild.

The merino breed sheep was removed and replaced by Lincoln for his best meat and wool quantity and calf went to Patagonia.

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