1901 | 2,711,298 | 1,454,428 | 431,004 | 1,989,195 | 69,236,033 1902 | 1,603,568 | 1,726,562 | 909,904 | 2,477,233 | 67,644,771 1903 | 3,128,525 | 1,894,693 | 1,204,049 | 2,002,010 | 105,487,030 1904 | 4,757,248 | 2,409,250 | 2,011,130 | 2,527,227 | 152,562,125 1905 | 5,373,699 | 3,051,155 | 2,427,772 | 4,275,164 | 174,916,752 1906 | 4,477,964 | 3,249,888 | 2,162,949 | 3,425,101 | 161,444,904 1907 | 4,696,934 | 4,552,332 | 1,811,878 | 3,132,493 | 167,019,486 1908 | 5,133,335 | 4,698,879 | 2,994,922 | 2,962,184 | 245,491,152 1909 | 5,594,852 | 4,483,317 | 4,226,333 | 4,380,033 | 237,507,277 1910 | 4,947,137 | 4,521,783 | 4,429,357 | 5,604,430 | 205,190,969 1911 | 4,739,421 | 4,612,292 | 4,980,027 | 6,897,435 | 150,596,544 1912 | 6,926,280 | 5,940,579 | 4,836,860 | 3,568,557 | 284,394,837 1913 | 7,224,029 | 4,740,184 | 4,974,686 | 4,988,349 | 307,520,854 --------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------- Totals | 80,909,235 |53,414,905 |38,662,012 |63,675,279 |2,865,190,531 --------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------- £ | 16,053,419 |10,598,195 | 7,671,034 |12,633,983 | 568,490,184 --------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------- [Illustration: DEVELOPMENT OF ARGENTINE AGRICULTURE] The total value of the Agricultural Exports during 1914 was some $200,000,000 (gold), but recovery was made in 1915 to some $320,000,000 (gold) during the latter year. The Argentine harvests of 1915-16 are estimated in round figures at: Wheat 5,500,000 tons Linseed 1,300,000 ” Oats 1,360,000 ” The Maize crop is as yet unascertained at the time of writing. The corresponding Uruguayan figures are as yet unobtainable. The Statistical Department of this Republic was reorganized in 1912, but, no doubt, has had to cope with enormous arrears. Still it is regrettable that authoritative statistics regarding this country are difficult, when not impossible, to obtain. In 1913 Uruguay exported agricultural products of the value of $(Uruguayan) 1,857,000. 400,000 hectares in Uruguay were under wheat, a slightly less area under maize; the cultivation of oats was increasing rapidly, and that of barley slowly. As has already been mentioned, the present (1915-16) harvests are reported as generally splendid in both countries though labour presents a serious problem, as do freights and scarcity of ships for export. Such complications have been prevalent and are likely to prevail throughout the war. THE SOIL