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scattered mm lax®* ares* to a mil group# say escape extensive diMnutloa* 
especially ste© they are loo small to bo a desirable table bird* 
At too p»oooat tla® wo find too pant*# divided to broad estonolas 
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frotasatly of largo oreod, with thriving toans scattered along line© of 
railroad radiating tmm the oi^r of Juenos Altos* 
Many of too estanciss at® utilised for gracing sclejy, with 
herds tept at a taaxtowa with regard to availahl & piatatae®* Go 0toots 
attention is paid to dairy product# as wll, leading t® tbs cultivation 
Of alfalfa as food* J&MOtoor e» cspso tally to tbs drier woe torn portion 
at® trassontdons tracts given over to wheat* 
though the baUs of toe land is held in large tract# a gradual 
oitaago to this respect is tuisiag place ns to® land is being taken over 
to colonies composed of snail far ms* STato loads to more intensive 
cultivation and a great Increase in rural population leading inevitably 
to still further tooreass to ted oondltions already loosed on toe native 
salmi life of too country* 
Mm regard to birds especial interest attaches to the sources 
fro® vrhito ton colonists teo&dy arrived have ociao* a survey of toe 
irovtooe of Bueno* /tiros chore Hint about tores fourths of tbs land 
is bold at present by person© of Italian descent* while tas&graaic 
fro® southern Strops oatwaatesr those fro® any other region* Sfcese 
people have iKougfet with theta thsJfe custom prevalent to their former 
home of kUUes birds of all a isos for food, aid have fostered a 
dtcrcgafd for the protection of birds m a whole* Efficient atoiaistra** 
tian of laws for the protection of t&m and other birds will have to 
struggle with this racial Indl £t erenoo so that oafarooasnt of laws 
