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27 bushels in the United States. The percentage of the wheat 

 crop of the United States exported was 17.5 per cent, while Argen- 

 tina exported 60.6 per cent. Of the oats produced in the United 

 States, only 1.1 per cent was available for export, while Argentina 

 had an average surplus of 82.4 per cent of the crop. In the pro- 



FIG. 83. Mill of Minnetic y Cia, of Cordoba, located at Rosario. 



FIG. 84. Alfalfa grows luxuriantly in Argentina. 



duction of flaxseed Argentina exceeds the United States by over 

 10,000,000 bushels, although an average of only four one- 

 hundredths of 1 per cent is exported from the United States, while 

 81.8 per cent of the Argentina crop is available for export. The 

 average yields per acre of flaxseed are the same in both countries, 

 namely, 7^ bushels (Figs. 81 to 87). 



The meat industry of Argentina shows greater strength even 



