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has been said that one of the advantages of the 

 Argentine consists in plenty of water above and 

 below ground. Water is not always accessible for 

 lucerne, the presence of a hard strata between the 

 surface and the natural water level rendering 

 some portions of certain districts unsuitable. 

 Such particularly occur in the southern portion of 

 the Province of Buenos Ayres,which is now mainly 

 devoted to cereals. 1 At the present time, of the 

 13,500,000 acres under lucerne, one-third are in 

 the Province of Buenos Ayres and nearly a third 

 in Cordoba, Santa F6 accounting for a large 

 proportion of the balance. Bearing in mind that 

 Buenos Ayres has an area of 76,250,000 acres 

 against Cordoba's 43,250,000, the acreage of 

 alfalfa in the latter Province is remarkable. The 

 laying down of land to alfalfa was the primary 

 cause of a considerable portion of the wheat 

 acreage sown during the last decade. Maize is 

 widely grown all over the Republic. Stated as a 

 proportion of the total acreage under the four 

 cereal crops, it is about 32 per cent, in Buenos 

 Ayres, and also in Santa Fe. Certain districts 

 of the latter Province are particularly successful 

 with this crop, and Cordoba produces a large 

 amount. Maize is sown later than wheat, thus 

 enabling the farmer to cultivate a large area with 

 one crop or the other. Cordoba is the largest 

 1 Mixed farming is being gradually introduced. 



