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rural prosperity, tin- preferred occupation of all our 

 rural folk, that which even those who have made their 

 fortune in cereals invariably turn to, that which has 

 stood the. test of difficult times of late and come through 

 with greatly increased prestige because it has proved 

 free of the majority of drawbacks cereals surfer under, 

 has proved the most remunerative, and also does not 

 require the inversion of the huge sums nor compromise 

 the State in inversions to maintain its prosperity, nor 

 involve us in abstract practices and theories of Cclum- 

 sation, of Industrial enterprises, of Labour, etc., would 

 it not be wiser to push that side of our business in which 

 vve are successful first, and only when we have reach- 

 ed saturation in this respect turn to establishing our 

 AgricuHure firmly? 



It may well be insisted, from the results of even 

 the last few years, that inasmuch as we have prospered 

 in our "Uanaderia", this probably proves that the coun- 

 try is most suitable for cattle and sheep-raiding, and 

 therefore if "Ganaderia" has proved in the long run 

 the most profitable, let us by all means stick to it. 



It is a well founded axiom to occupy oneself with 

 that which returns the most profit, and only dedicate 

 one's time and money to remedying secondary or less 

 profitable business when the other does not demand its 

 use . 



Undeniably, compared to the cattle and sheep- 

 breeders, the cereal grower, has come off poorly, and 

 this in itself will have the customary effect by tempting 

 people to put their money in "Ganaderia" instead of 

 Agriculture . 



Theoretically, the production of meat . and wheat 

 should yield the same. 



A hectare of good land should yield 28 fanegas 

 (100 bushels) weighing 2500 kilos (6250 Ibs.). 



A hectare of good grazing land will yield 300 kilos 

 (625 Ibs.) of meat. 



2200 kilos of dry grain against 200 kilos of flesh 

 and fat. 



The value assigned to meat shows the proportion,, 

 since the price of meat is approximately ten times as 

 great as wheat, consequently a hectare of grass land 

 should give a profit equal to a hectare of wheat. (Prices 

 ruling wheat $12.50 per 100 kilos. Meat 28 cents per 

 Ib. live weight) . 



As a matter of fact Cattle breeding is more profit- 

 able than cereal-raising, since the average of produc- 

 tion for cereals rarely exceeds 1500 kilos per hectare 



