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THE WHEAT INDUSTRY 



north of Buenos Aires, about May 15, and it ends 

 in Chubut in August. 



Harvesting the Wheat. - - Harvesting begins about 

 the middle of November in the north and progresses 

 southward, so that the wheat is all harvested by 

 about January 15. Ordinarily 80 per cent of 

 the crop is harvested in December. Most of the 



FIG. 96. Threshing wheat on a large wheat farm in Argentina. 



wheat is cut with binders, is shocked, and stacked 

 much as it is done in the United States. The 

 stacks are often poorly built and thus permit rain 

 to soak in and damage the grain. Headers are 

 extensively used for cutting the wheat in the 

 northern section. 



Threshing the Grain.- -Threshing begins soon 

 after the stacking and continues until March. 



