The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Other parts are fast settling Take the Pampa Central. which lies west ct the province of Buenos Aires, in the soutL - orn part of which Bahia Blanca is sit % uated. It was once thought to be ;l desert. but 1t now has several millions of acres under cultivation including d millions acres in alfalfa and more than two million acres in wheat. It has large pasture lands. and cattle bleed ing and horse breeding go on. The province raises much corn and oats, and it annually sells more than three millions pounds of alfalfa seed, an average price of about 50 cents per pound. The capital is Santa Rosa de Toay town of 150D inhabitants, which is connected by rail with this port The distance from Bahia Blanca is about 12 hours. and there are 1hree trains week.
 have seen something of the terri tories of Rio Negro and Neuquen The latter will be opened up by the trunk lines, which are to cross the continent from Bahia Blanca to the Pacific. con- meeting this region with lower Chile and making short route from ocean to ocean The railroad has already been built as far as the town of Neu- quen, the capital of the territory, and 1t is now being pushed toward the AlueS. OHe TOdQ VIII CIOSS tHt tains, leaving the Argentine near the beautiful lake of Manuel Huap and en- terng the lake region of Chile, which in beauty compares with those or northern Italy and Switzerland. This will be one of the scenic routes of the world. The road from Bahia Blanca to Neuquen passes through a country much like Arizona and New Mexico. The land is practically a desert. and it frrf .1,-xr f,, tr, make it thrive. The only cultivated portions are in the river valleys of the Colorado and Negro, and the chief veg citation is sage brush and scrub. About the only animals to be seen are the guanacos and rabbits, and the chief birds are the ostriches, which are found almost everywhere in the South Ameri- can desert Further west there are many sheep in the valleys, and as the mountains are reached there are many green spots. Lake Manuel Huapi is surrounded by pine-covered hills, and the most of the southern Andes are wooded
 The lake itself is famous for its beauty. It is 150 miles long and in some places more than 15O0 feet deep. It has fiords like those of Norway and Mount Tronador, with it's snow and glaciers, is in plain view. It is now planned to create a national park about this lake. and salmon and trout eggs have been planted in it. The lake now has steamers and it will eventually be a tourist resort. It is only about 120 miles in straight line across the mountains from the Pacific ocean
 Two of the most important territories of Argentne-Pa Patagonia are Rio Negro and Chubut. Both of these territories run to the Atlantic from the boundary of Chile, and both have rich lands that can be made available by the Rio Negro and the Rio Chubut. Rio Negro is especially fitted for fruit growing and it's irrigated vineyards are new producing more than a million pounds of grapes and 75,00O gallons of wine every year. There are 61 factories in operation.
 The Chubut territory has many rich valleys and its mountain slopes are we'll fitted for grazing. The country already has more than 5.000,gO0 sheep, S,000,000 cattle and 100000 horses One district alone has more than 400, 600 sheep and shere is single sheep farm that annually produces a quarter of a million pounds of wool. There are 27O,000 sheep on that farm. The capital of Chubut is Rawson, situated on the coast near the mouth of the river Gnu but, and the chief port is Madryn, on