Tobacco—Area of plantations—Value of the product—Defective preparation.
The Mulberry—The culture of the silk-worm might be established in the Argentine, but at present exists only in an experimental condition.
Maté—Large consumption of this product.—Statistics of foreign importation—Districts suitable for its growth.
Cotton—Physical conditions proper to its growth—The first favourable results in the Argentine—Its introduction into Chaco—Lack of manual labour for the development of this industry.
Rubber—Existence of rubber plants in the Argentine—An unexploited source of wealth.
Arboriculture—On account of the diversity of the climate, all fruit-trees can be grown in the Argentine—The various fruits cultivated in different regions—Amelioration of the products. The trade in fruit—Its development possible on account of the inversion of seasons as compared with Europe—Refrigeration applied to the transport of fruit—Regions particularly suitable for fruit-growing.
PART III.
The Argentine from the Commercial and Industrial
Point of View.
I. Foreign Trade [211]
The important part played by the foreign trade of the Argentine—Table of imports and exports during recent years—Explanation of their respective movements—Favourable condition of the commercial balance.