=Small Farm Products.= Agriculture is naturally important for home consumption, but aside from tobacco and oranges the exports are slight. As almost everything will grow in the rich soil, with increasing population agriculture will become a great source of wealth. Mandioca and corn are staple for the small farmer, the latter of two varieties, a hard white and a soft yellow, the former of especial excellence both for nutriment, and withstanding the ravages of the grain weevil. Three crops a year may be raised from one variety of sweet corn. White potatoes flourish, though not so well as sweet, no great hardship. Beans, peanuts, millet, and various European vegetables are raised for home consumption. Wheat is experimental. Coffee does fairly but is often injured by frost; alfalfa not so well as in Argentina. Rotation of crops is unknown and few implements are employed. Life is so easy that the small farmer is rather shiftless, and practically nothing is done on a large scale. =Oranges=, grown by every one, are the most noteworthy of the many varieties of fruit produced in Paraguay, but high freight rates make them less profitable than they should be. They grow freely and are exported in large numbers to Argentina and Uruguay, 200,000,000 in 1919; they have been called the best in the world. However, they do not keep well, and being carelessly packed many are spoiled in transportation. The introduction of hardier varieties is talked of. =Sugar= finds excellent soil but is liable to suffer from frost or drought. It is grown mostly in the north near the rivers, railways, and factories. There are at least seven mills, two at Villa Hayes in the Chaco, one at Concepción. Some small mills make brown sugar and _caña_; 387,500 tons were produced in 1918. About 20,000 acres were cultivated in 1919, but some sugar is imported. The methods have been crude but are improving. =Cotton.= Good cotton land exists especially in the southwest, and in the Chaco. An indigenous tree bears 10-12 years. The staple is of good length and quality. Not enough is produced to supply the home market, but its culture is increasing. A Belgian obtained annually 1000 pounds an acre for six years. At present the seed is not utilized. =Rice= is grown on low ground between the Paraguay River and the railway. Two crops a year may be raised giving 2000 pounds to the acre, a quantity which might be nearly doubled. The coconut palm, peanut, and castor bean flourish. THE STOCK INDUSTRY