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Cattle thrive very well in Entre Rios, and attain a good 

 size and yield a good hide. 



The lands of the southern districts of the province of 

 Santa Fe are similar to those of the north of Buenos 

 Ayres, to which they are contiguous. With the excep- 

 tion of those in the more immediate vicinity of the town 

 of Eosario, they are, however, still crude and abounding 

 in strong, hard grasses, requiring feeding down before 

 they become really good sheep-pastures. The sheep-in- 

 dustry is, however, spreading, and numerous estancias 

 are owned by foreigners. The strong grass-camps of this 

 province produce and feed some of the best cattle of the 

 country, and when carefully herded, and not over-driven, 

 yield a very fair to good ' mess beef.' 



So luxuriant are the strong grasses in parts, that they 

 attain the height of the cattle ; and the thistle, which 

 abounds in the camps of finer herbage, cannot find a 

 footing. The more northern parts of this province are, 

 as yet, unfitted for sheep-industry, owing to the nature of 

 the herbage ; and in part, too, they are at a .disad- 

 vantage, owing to the high temperature. 



Sales of land in the more suitable districts have been 

 effected at from 1,500J. to 3,000/. 



The province of San Luis contains very fertile land of 

 the same character, and on the slopes of the hill-ranges 

 and adjoining valleys there are, as in San Juan and Men- 

 doza, large tracts of cultivated artificial grass, i.e. lucerne 

 or alfalfa, which are regularly irrigated, and on which 

 cattle are reared and fattened. 



Lands in the province of Cordoba are offering at a mere 

 nominal figure. Many of them on the ' Grand Chaco ' 

 frontier are represented as well-suited for sheep of a 

 strong, hardy class ; the grasses are luxuriant, but as yet 

 strong and hard. The passage of the Central Argentine 



