THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XVI. No. 9. 



DECEMBER, 1909. 



THE AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES OF 

 ARGENTINA. 



Herbert Gibson 



{Hon. Delegate for the Argentine International Exhibition of Agrictiltnre, 1 910.) 



The results of a rural census, taken simultaneously 

 throughout the whole territory of the Argentine Republic in 

 May of last year, have recently been published, and reveal 

 many subjects of interest connected with the resources of that 

 country as regards its agricultural and pastoral industries. 



The total area of the Republic is 729,280,000 acres. Of this 

 area the returns show that 40 per cent, is at the present time 

 under one or another form of rural exploitation, including 

 that of live-stock breeding upon natural grass lands. The 

 various areas of cultivated land are as follows : — 



Wheat ... 



1 1,989,592 acres 



Oats 



954,065 „ 



Barley... 



231,412 ,, 



Maize 



4,793.98s 



Linseed 



3,129,060 ,, 



Alfalfa (Lucerne) 



11,502,067 ,, 



Permanent sown grasses and fodder plants 



5,118,257 „ 



Vineyards ... ... ... ... ... 



302,469 ,, 



Sugarcane ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 



174,659 ,, 



Tobacco 



23,577 ,, 



Cotton, jute and other vegetable fibres (exclusive of linseed) 



24,979 „ 



Fruit trees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 



554,041 



Other tree plantations 



1,083,695 



Rice, castor oil and various... 



225,940 ,, 



Vegetables ... ... 



164,793 „ 



Total 



40,271,991 „ 



The greatest area of land under agriculture lies between 

 the rainfall curves of 24 inches and 32 inches annually, and 

 may be broadly described as a belt varying in width from 



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