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Argentine Eeijublic, but some is already being exported to France. The 

 visitor to Curityba should, by all means, going or coming — preferably 

 both going and coming — take the trip by rail between Curityba and 

 Paranagua. This is without question one of the most picturesque rail- 

 road journeys in the world. From Paranagua, on the coast, the rail- 

 road ascends the splendid range of coast mountains up to a height of 

 about 3,000 feet above sea level, by a long series of curves, tunnels and 

 bridges which are marvels of engineering skill. Bare rock, mountain 

 torrent and waterfall, forested slope distant views over the deep 

 valleys and plains below, follow one another in rapid succession for two 

 hours. On the lowland and lower slopes you see, in the greatest pro- 

 fusion, oranges, bananas and sugar-cane. On the way up you pass 

 through a densely-tangled forest, whose trees are almost completely 

 covered with moss, creepers and parasitic plants of all kinds. Once 

 across the top of the mountains you find yourself on a canipo — rolling; 

 sparsely wooded, very bare by contrast. Very few American tourists 

 ever take this journey. But one can hardly be said to have seen any- 

 thing of Brazil who has not been farther inland than the immediate 

 sea-coast, and it is in the coast cities that most travelers spend their 

 time. 



American visitors to this exposition will be especially interested in 

 the exhibit of the experimental rice farm at Moreira Cesar, in the state 

 of San Paulo. On this farm, with the aid of irrigation, our fellow 

 countryman, Mr. Wellman Bradford, of Louisiana, is carrying on an 

 experiment station where students, selected by the government, are 

 being taught scientific rice-growing. Mr. Bradford has had many 

 difficulties to contend with in his work, but he has faithfully persisted 

 in his undertaking, and deserves the greatest credit for his skill and 

 perseverance. Japanese rice, which has lately been sown on this farm, 

 has been found to give the best results as to quality of the crop. 

 Another exhibit of interest to Americans is that of the model farm at 

 Piracicaba, in the state of San Paulo. This farm is carried on, as is 

 the rice farm just referred to, under government auspices. Its director 

 was formerly at the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Cereals of many kinds are raised, as well as cotton, rice, sorghum and 

 alfalfa. Experimental plantings of various kinds of wheat and corn 

 from the United States are being made, and the people who come to 

 the farm are being taught modern methods of farming, and stock- 

 raising. No more important work for the agricultural future of the 

 country here in Brazil is being done than that now in hand at the 

 rice farm at Moreira Cesar, and at the Fazenda Modele at Piracicaba. 



The National Exposition at Eio de Janeiro, taken all in all, is im- 

 mensely significant, instructive, impressive. It tells of the natural 

 wealth of Brazil; of the variety of its products; of the many arts and 



