192 THE PLAIN OF THE PAMPAS 



those of the Central Argentine have met, and the wheat 

 has invaded the whole of the San Martin department. 

 It extends even south of the old colonies of the Central 

 Argentine toward the south-west of Santa Fe, in the 

 General Lopez department. 



The 1908 Census shows a very different state of 

 things. The density of the wheat-cultivation has 

 continued to grow appreciably in the whole of the 

 northern region, and also in the south-west of the 

 province, at some distance from the Parana (General 

 Lopez department). On the other hand, it has been 

 reduced in the adjoining district of Rosario (depart- 

 ments of Iriondo, Belgrana, Caseros, and Constitucion), 

 where maize-growing has developed. Maize has won 

 part of the wheat belt. 



Departments.' 



Las Colonias 

 Castillanos 

 S. Jeronimo 

 S. Martin 

 Iriondo 

 Belgrano 

 S. Lorenzo 

 Caseros 

 Gal. Lopez 

 ConstiLucion 

 S. Justo 

 M. Juarez 



Wheat Area (in kilometres) . 

 1889 1895 igo8 



1.307 



1,845 



854 



964 



929 



1. 137 



3S7 



1. 139 



S88 



227 



732 



1.504 



1,621 

 3,425 



849 

 1,884 



442 



638 

 1.390 



468 

 1,370 



165 

 2,345 

 1,442 



Maize Area (in kilometers). 



65 

 65 



178 



51 



1895 



24 

 4 

 15 

 22 

 81 



37 

 150 



83 



373 



575 



7 



53 



1908 



31 



7 



264 



35 

 641 

 296 



1,169 

 970 



1,558 

 736 



34 



92 



Restricted in the south by the extension of the maize 

 belt, the region of the colonies has now a very distinctive 

 character amongst the agricultural areas of the Pampa. 



» The names of departments which belong in their entirety to 

 the maize region are given in italics. The department of San Jeronimo 

 straddles the maize region and the region of the colonies. The General 

 Lopez territory also extends, in the south-west, far beyond the limit 

 of the maize belt. 



