CHAPTER XIII 

 WHEAT IN ARGENTINA 



Position and Extent of the Country. - The 

 Argentine Republic is the greatest wheat-producing 

 country in the southern hemisphere. Although 

 we may remember its location fairly well from 

 previous study, it will help us to look up its lati- 

 tude and longitude position in some geography 

 textbook. We shall then note that its north and 

 south extent is greater than that of the United 

 States. We shall note also that it is situated nearly 

 as far south of the equator as the United States is 

 north. Because of this position, the seasons there, 

 as in Australia, are the reverse of those in our own 

 country. It has an area of 1,139,979 square miles. 

 This is more than one third the area of the 

 United States proper. With its population of 7,080,- 

 ooo (1912) it thus averages only 6.2 inhabitants 

 per square mile. 



The Location of the Wheat-producing Area.- 

 The region of most successful wheat production is to 

 the west of Buenos Aires. It extends as far north 

 as latitude 30, and on the south the limit has not 

 yet been reached. The greater part of the wheat 



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