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side of this zone that to-day the designation records more 

 accurately the district of its origin than the limits of its actual 

 cultivation. The north of the province of Buenos Aires, owing 

 to its situation on the banks of the Parana and the River 

 Plate, and due to its having been settled longer than any other, 

 is one of the most fertile regions imaginable. After having 

 been for long devoted to sheep raising, it is to-day the principal 

 centre of maize growing. The north-eastern portion of this 



A Wealthy Argentine's Estancia 



Mr. Hector Cobo's homestead at "La Armonia," Southern part of Buenos 

 Aires Province. 



province consists, generally speaking, of low-lying lands, sub- 

 ject to frequent inundations. The Provincial Government, 

 however, has undertaken drainage works, the completion of 

 which should have beneficial effect upon the value of these 

 lands. The western district of the province of Buenos Aires, 

 the south of Cordoba, and the province of Santa Fe, the 

 eastern portion of San Luis and the Pampa Central, present 

 very slight differences as regards climate and soil. The Argen- 

 tine Mesopotamian provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes 

 likewise constitute an admirable cattle-raising region, due to 

 favourable climate, abundant pasture, and ample water supply. 



