208 THE PLAIN OF THE PAMPAS 



zones, and the lucerne fields for fattening at Villa 

 Mercedes are used in common by the breeders of the 

 Pampa and of the bush. 1 



Cultivated Areas in the Argentine Republic 

 (in square kilometres, almost exclusively in the Pampean region). 



Exports for 1913, 1914, and 1915 at each port. 



1 A large number of the cattle which are to be fattened are bought 

 at the market in Buenos Aires ; but these do not, as a rule, come 

 from the Pampean region. 



