36 THE FARMER'S OUTLOOK 



out of 729,000,000 acres, the total superficial 

 area of the Republic, the returns for 1910 show 

 over 36I million acres under wheat, linseed, maize, 

 oats, and lucerne, out of 42I million acres re- 

 ported under these crops for the whole Republic. 

 The figures for cattle, sixteen out of twenty-nine 

 million, especially if we take into account the 

 much larger proportion of graded stock, are 

 equally significant ; sheep, 42,000,000, out of a 

 total of 67, 000, 000. x A glance at the railway 

 map will give a good idea of the extent to 

 which the Republic has already been developed, 

 and confirms the conclusion as to the relative 

 importance of the four Provinces. 2 The total 

 railway mileage is now over 19,000 miles, of 

 which the Province of Buenos Ayres accounts 

 for 7,000, the mileage given for the other 

 three Provinces in the 1910 census being 5,608 

 miles. 



Attention has already been drawn to the fact 

 that the Argentine is the most purely agricultural 

 country of all those engaged in exporting food- 

 stuffs. In spite of this there are industries which 

 make considerable demands on her food supplies. 

 Such, for instance, as the Quebracho timber in- 

 dustry, of which railway sleepers and tanine ex- 



1 The latest stock census shows 80,401,000 sheep. 

 * The Territory of the Pampa Central is taken as a 

 Province. 



