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has been sown, he moves on. Nor does the hand- 

 ling of the grain or the facilities afforded to 

 farmers for getting credit on wheat, compare with 

 the conditions ruling in Canada or the U.S.A. 

 Some amelioration of these conditions is probable 

 in the near future. 



To summarise the immediate future, two 

 important factors, immigration and crop varia- 

 tions have already been mentioned. Argentina 

 has a full share of crop vicissitudes. Railway 

 extension is likely to be checked by the difficulty 

 of raising capital at the present time in Europe. 

 This will hardly affect the well-established 

 railways, though it is likely to delay the com- 

 pletion of extensions by the smaller companies. 

 The shortage of live stock, on the other hand, 

 will tend to increase the area under cereals by 

 restricting the acreage put under Alfalfa. Dairy 

 produce should tend to show a gradual increase, 

 and wine, fruit and sugar cultivation likewise. 



To look further in the future is a speculative 

 occupation. Undoubtedly the carrying capacity 

 of the Republic would allow of a much larger 

 head of live stock. In face of the annual demands 

 for slaughter and export on the hoof, will the 

 breeding stock be given an opportunity of 

 increasing ? Outside of the three Provinces, the 

 extension of cereal acreage largely depends 

 on the Pampa Central. To the South, and also in 



