PART I
THE ARGENTINE FROM THE ECONOMIC STANDPOINT
CHAPTER I
THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE ARGENTINE
Climate—Soil—Geographical situation of the Argentine; its boundaries, its area.
Climate of various districts. The prevailing winds. Nature of the soil; its fertility; adaptation to the culture of cereals and the raising of live-stock—Transformation of virgin into fertile land—The Pampa—The cultivable area—Conditions favourable to production—The plagues of locusts.
Rivers—Their exceptionally favourable influence—The hydrographic system—Network of navigable river-ways: the Rio de la Plata, the Rio Parana—Conditions of navigability—Canals.