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Steam power threshing outfits, imported both 

 from the United States and Great Britain, are 

 used. It is conceded that threshers manufactured 

 in the United States do the best work, but the ob- 

 jection is made that they require skilled mechan- 

 ics to operate them. Hence the British machines, 

 being much simpler though less efficient and 



FIG. Q7. Wheat awaiting shipment, Argentina. 



costlier, are preferred. The farmers of Argentina 

 are largely south Europeans and many of them do 

 not have the ability to handle machinery that 

 characterizes the north Europeans, who constitute 

 the wheat farming class of the United States. 



The cost of harvesting wheat is from 9 to n 

 cents per bushel. This does not include the 

 expense of sacks, which is quite an item, since the 

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