Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-11-15
WHEAT RAISING ON
ARGENTINA S PANPAS
World Looking TO South
America 10 Make Up for
Loss OF European Crops
DIFFER FROM
THE L. S. PLANS

With Russias and Rumanias
vhea, crops cut of from the rest Of
he world hy me Dardanelles. with
anadas and Austialia's cereal out
lut spoken for by England's
lrmies. and with Americas product
commanding record prices. the eyes
+ empires turn toward Argentina
which ranks sixth among the wheat
trowinr countries of the world
'aiiey Wills. I'm a communication 10
he National Geographic Society. tells
81 the vast agricultural wealth Of.
his country. The society has issued
part of Mr.. Willis article as the
GLOWING bulletin.
THE soil aud the climate OF the
lanpas which cover an area Of 20O.-
700 square miles, give the Argentine
republic IT. high rank among the
wheat and corn growing countries OF
he world The soil rs an ancient
dmyium. the fine sediment carried by
I'D rivers far out from the mountains.
Ike the deposit now being made by
he Paraguay and its tributaries, an
sland delta IN the interior of the
continent. The sediemnt is very fine,
md mingled with It Is a large proper
ion of fine volcanic dust blown from
ne volcanoes OF the Andes Like
he renowned loess soil of China, ID
s exceedingly fertile and. being very
,orous absorhs the rain waters, which
Use again hy evaporation and supply
he surface soil constantly with plant
God
Differs From Uni.ed States Plains.
"The pampas are vast grassy plan.
Is there anything more TO he said As
an Englishman put H. "Mhat can yon
say about o. hally billiard table, except
hat II is q bally billiard table Yet
he plain of the pampus Is not like the
great Western plains of the United
States. The latter are broken by gull
lies. frrowed by streams, trayersed by
river valleys. The pampas are not.
Among an the landscapes of the
world there is none more meadow Ike
han the hat pampa with : rHtile
amzino in the rich grass; bar ii' Mca-
dow grass hides mo- meanderne brook
Hour after hour and day after day You
may ride without crossing stream.
Nou will however. encounter many shall
low pools and lakelets.
.The pampa looks So fiat 30 feature
less, But Is IT, Watch horseman
rallopinu away toward the horizon, to-
ward which he rises silhouetted against
lhe .l<v. Soon ho sinks and drops ou'
of sight. having apparently ridden over
the cdnc of the world; but an hour later
ne may rise again. topping q more dis-
tant swell of the vast grassy ocean
surface North east. south and west
K IS the same billowy plain, hollow
ed and nodded by the wind, the iree-
flowing fir. which Ia place oil running
wafer has .culpturcd the immense eN-
nauso of fine brown earth.
ON former days Il mattered moth
inc 10 ihc world az large and compar-
atively little 70 the Argentine hmseu
whether the casOn was favorable
one for wheat or not; but now Mheh
millions beyond her confines look 70
Argentina for bread and when Arsen-
tina prosperity is regulated by me
wheat she sells. it matters much.
THE time will come. probably, wren
nientiful rains or drought VIII matter
less than now; for at present agricul-
lure i'm Argentina is in that elemen-
farv state when il is most exposed TO
INJURY bv the Weiss tudes OF climate
Great fields are cultivated by few
hands. The poorly prepared soil the
shallow ploughing. neglect OF cn,tr
walton. ali invite losses in any nut a
favorable year IN the east ralniali
usually Is abundant or excess Ve.l
There are areas OF Buenos Ares
nrovince which are inundated by
heavy rains. and great drainage works
have been undertaken by the govern
ment at the instance Of the land own
ars From east TO west the ra ntal
d,m'nishos till Z becomes insuhcien'
FOR agriculture in the average year
and farming can prosper only Where
IRRIGATION Is practicable.
idapted to Various Crops.
DThus the pampas. Of which we may
think as a monotonous plain, eNhlolt
rreat diversity Of aspect Portions OF
lbem may be flooded. while other dis-
liant regions Of the same PLAIN are
Irving IN. Portions are suited TO tne
rowing OF wheat. others to catue
.aisinq and still others in the warmer;
rsinv zone about Rosario are adapteu
,osf IN the raising OF Indian corn. +.
"To gain an idea OF the extent OF
he fertile pampa region one neeos
,ut look at railway map OF Areen-