ARGENTINA 



97 



TlEREA DEL FlJEGO AND SOUTHERN PATAGONIA 



(By a Correspondent to The Pastoral Review) 



" In comparing the Argentine with other countries, one fact 

 is often overlooked, viz. the number of miles that lie between 

 the 23rd and 55th degrees of latitude, or, in plain words, the 

 extraordinary range of climate, equalled, I believe, by no 

 single country in the world between its northern and southern 



4. Hereford Cow, Plum 25th, 2 years old. Owned by Messrs. C. E. and B. 

 Dnggan, Santa Sabina. Won the P. and G. Hughes' Cup. 



boundaries. From the mountains of Bolivia to the glaciers of 

 the Beagle Channel, the land falls in a sweep of over 2000 

 miles with an average width of only 500 miles. Thus, by nature 

 of its formation, the country is assured against a total loss of 

 its products in any one year. It would be more than a coin- 

 cidence if the sugar and hardwoods of the north, the linseed, 

 wheat, and alfalfa lands that support the immense herds at 

 the centre, the mineral and wine industry of the Cordillera, 

 and the pastoral wealth of the south should simultaneously 

 fall on bad times. This explains the conflicting accounts 



