46 BULLETIN 1409, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 28. — Population in the cereal provinces, census of 1914 
Inhabitants 
Persons engaged in 
Province 
Agriculture and 
livestock industries 
Other occupations 
Number 
3, 642, 762 
735, 472 
101, 338 
899, 640 
425, 373 
Number 
132, 729 
73, 543 
11, 112 
72, 060 
31, 460 
Per cent 
of total 
3.6 
10.0 
11.0 
8.0 
7.4 
Number 
2, 260, 988 
376, 071 
48, 769 
495, 753 
218, 597 
Per cent 
of total 
62.1 
51.1 
48.1 
55.1 
51.4 
Total .. . .. - ... - 
5, 804, 585 
320, 904 
5.5 
3, 400, 178 
58.6 
These Provinces contain 72 per cent of the total population of the republic (8,092,216). 
Fig. 12. — Harvesting wheat in the wheat belt of the Pampas 
Table 29. — Crop and livestock establishments in Argentina, ceyisus of 1914 
Province 
Total 
area 
Crop 
and live- 
stock 
establish- 
ments 
Average 
size of 
establish- 
ment 
Persons 
engaged 
in agri- 
cultural 
and live- 
stock in- 
dustries 
Average 
persons 
per es- 
tablish- 
ment 
Average 
area per 
person 
Buenos Aires 
Acres 
75, 410, 000 
42, 847, 000 
36, 039, 000 
32,451,000 
Number 
25,000 
12, 400 
2,000 
13, 200 
6,200 
Acres 
' 3,016 
3,455 
18, 020 
2,458 
3,018 
Number 
132, 729 
73, 543 
11, 112 
72, 060 
31, 460 
Number 
5.3 
5.9 
5.6 
5.5 
5.1 
Acres 
568 
Cordoba ..- 
583 
La Pampa . . .. _ 
3,243 
Santa Fe 
450 
Entre Rios,-. _ . 
18, 711, 000 
595 
Total 
205, 458, 000 
58, 800 
3,494 
320, 904 
5.5 
640 
These five Provinces contain 28 per cent of the total area of the republic (737,876,000 acres) 
