Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-09-29

the future for capital and labor, and, for
all those who; desirous of getting. on in
and activity in this land of virgin soil and
rising industries, where they are free and
can easily adapt themselves to the re-
still room for millions of workers who are
willing to take up their abode on its soil
and under the government of Its liberal
the credit and commerce of the Republic
had suffered considerably, the country has
emerged with flying colors, thanks to the
the soil and the powerful vitality of her
sourSes of production, so that today she
occupies place among the nations whose
credit is unbounded, and even rivals the
other exporting countries of the world.
The Argentine Republic is situated on
South America, between latitude twenty.
two degrees and fifty-fve degrees and
thirty minutes S, and between fifty-four
three degrees and thirty minutes, iongi-
tude West. the greater part of its territory
thus lying in the temperate zone. The
area of the country is 729000.000 acres, and
the. population amounts to five million, of
which one million consists of foreigners,
including fifty. thousand English speak
ing people, and these owing to their hard
work, energy and quiet demeanor, are a
great factor in the progress and develop
ment of the Republic.
1t is known that Argentina possesses
large navigable rivers, such as the Platte.
Parana and Uragus. and others smaller
but not less important for the commercial
the Pilcomayo, Rio Negro, Bermeio. and
Colorado. Patagonia is vast territory
of great future: has lakes. as large and
of the country is sub-tropical north of the
| twenty-eighth parallel, temperate between
twenty; and forty-tifth degrees of lat
The most populated region enjoys a mild
and delicious climate, without extremes
Of heat OF 81 cold; The general nleterologi.
enjoys a remarkably healthy climate,
with lower mortality than is found in
most other countries. If one bears in
covers an area of over thirty-three degrees
| of latitude, and its breadth rises from the
I Atlantic Ocean level to the snow covered
the immense variety of climatic condi-
tions which exist within its boundaries.
STORMS
by hail, lasting, however, but few nom
| ents, and extending over very limited
area, only thirty having been noted in the
years. and in Bahia Blancanine in twenty
four years. The division of the seasons is
as follows: Spring begins in the month of
tumn in March and Winter in June. Re
sides the. numerous rivers that flow
through II the e. Argentine territory; ninety
1 per cent OF the country yields fresh water.
| Up to the present time there has been no
return for the expenses incurred in boring
and perforating ten per cent of the terri
tory The most common mode of obtain
! from five to eighty feet deep. The aVeIage E
| depth being eighteen feet.
| STOCK RAISING INDUSTRY
There is no country in all the world per
haps. possessing so vast territory of
rich land as the Argentine Repnblic,
where, owing to the exceptional propiti-
Gus climate, cattle are born, bred and fat
tened on the open prairie without shelter of
i nrOd1CaG N 10 mr. irwin
| of Mendoza, San Huan, Salta and jujuy the
live stock is raised and fattened on alfalfa
f1 fields which VIII n support for breeding purposes
half acres.- or for fattening two to three
bullocks. In certain districts of the prov.
OF and tSs san Luis P
where the soil is appropriate, alfalfa and
permanent grasses are sown on large
scale; scale practically et free of expense, as the
wheat, Linsed corn and oats. The live
stock industry in Argentina is one of the
to the 81 tbe
purchased or rented, the price of cattle
and the economical means of fattenine
yields depends largely on the amount O
capital invested as, owing to the system
of breeding, the cost of maintainance does
the amount of live stock kept, since the
/, expence is relatively less as the numbe
of cattle increases.
TOT Souh.Iy IKE argentina With al
eight thousand seven hundred ten squar
miles, and population of only five mill
ion souls, immigration and colonization
are the two most important factors in tn
future progress of the country. And thi
question is always to the fore in the mind
, of the government and congress.
OF the 250000.000 acres suitable for agr
culture, only 25.0O0,OOO are at present cult
waited so that 225,0000O0 still remain to b
: broken up by the plow to produce the hal
: vest that will give food to the thouSand
T of men who earn it by the sweat of thei
l brow and their personal effort.