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course  its  chief  cereal,  last  year  over  17,000,-000
  acres  being  cultivated.  The  Argentine
Agricultural  Department  states  that  for  the
same  period  of  time  there  were  12,000,000
acres  in  corn;  4,000,000  in  oats  and  15,000,000
in  lucerne  or  alfalfa,  proportionately  large
territories  being  planted  with  barley,  sugar,
grapes,  rice,  cotton  and  tobacco.
This  country  has  been  the  second  largest  linseed ­
  producing  nation  of  the  world,  yielding
first  place  to  India.  Last  year  nearly  6,000,-000
  acres  were  devoted  to  the  growing  of  this
seed  alone.
Comparatively  little  attention  is  paid  to
truck  gardening  or  the  raising  of  kitchen  vegetables, ­
  fruits  or  berries,  and  this  offers  a  remarkable ­
  opportunity  to  one  versed  in  the  subject. ­
  Conditions  for  growing  these  necessities ­
  are  most  favorable  but  have  been  neglected
in  the  efforts  made  to  develop  other  sources  of
revenue.
Tucuman  has  been  the  center  of  the  sugar
industry,  practically  all  of  which  is  consumed
in  the  country,  43  refineries  and  plants  being