The Argentine in the Twentieth Century

Name: The Argentine in the Twentieth Century
Author: Martínez, Alberto B.

Martínez, Alberto B.

Argentina -- Commerce; Argentina -- Economic conditions; Finance -- Argentina

THE ARGENTINE AS AN AGRICULTURAL COUNTRY.

  I. AGRICULTURE                                                   125

        NATURAL CONDITIONS——THE CONSTITUTION OF PROPERTY——The three
            principal agricultural districts——The northern, central, and
            southern districts——The division of crops and their varieties.

        The constitution of rural property——The division of property——The
            great estates, called “estancias,” and their size.

        The drawbacks of large properties——The necessity of a better
            subdivision of the public lands——The division into lots of
            large tracts of land, in order to encourage colonisation——The
            system of exploiting property.

        AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION——The progress realised in last seventeen
            years——Comparative yield of the chief products, wheat, flax,
            and maize——Lucerne; the importance of the crop and the
            excellent results obtained.

        Increase of the area under seed——The total area cultivated in the
            agricultural years 1908-1909——The great agricultural belts.

        The Province of Buenos Ayres, its agricultural development and
            its crops——The Province of Santa Fé——The Province of Córdoba——
            The Territory of the Central Pampa.

        Agricultural machinery, its importation from abroad, and
            especially from the United States.

        THE AGRICULTURAL YIELD——The yield of the soil in the different
            Provinces——Exceptional results in certain districts——Detailed
            calculation of the yield of a wheat farm——Two instances of
            great wealth realised by immigrants to the Argentine.

  II. THE PRODUCTION OF WHEAT IN THE ARGENTINE
  COMPARED WITH THE YIELD OF OTHER EXPORTING
  COUNTRIES                                                        154

        The world’s wheat-harvest——Comparison between the statistics of
            consumption——The conditions of production in Russia and in
            the Argentine——Comparison with the United States, India and
            Canada——The prospects of the Argentine export trade in wheat.

  III. STOCK-RAISING                                               162

        The transformation of the old “estancia”——The principal
            stock-raising establishments; description, extent, number of
            heads of cattle and favourite breeds——The great “estancias”
            of the South and Patagonia.

        Approximate area of the soil devoted to cattle and sheep; general
            estimate of the numbers of cattle and sheep——Results of
            the census of 1908.——The capital represented by Argentine
            stock-raising.

  IV. THE VALUE OF THE SOIL                                        174

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