WHEAT IN ARGENTINA 



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this condition is made much worse. Cold fogs 

 and frosts which occasionally come late in the 

 spring also cause serious losses to wheat growers. 

 The summers, likewise, sometimes become ex- 

 ceedingly hot, a case in which plants must be very 

 strong and healthy and be well rooted if they are 



FIG. QS. Fifty harvesting machines going into the wheat field from a small 



town in Argentina. 



to produce crops. Since the winds are not usually 

 severe, this menace is not great. Droughts, how- 

 ever, in many sections of the country often work 

 great damage. 



The Kinds of Wheat grown in Argentina. - 

 The wheat-growing region may, on the basis of 



