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mileage planned will rapidly bring the coun 
try to the fore. American capital is now be 
ing interested in this field. 
While there are some minerals to be found 
in the mountainous sections, still the country 
will always be a pastoral one. Mica, gold, 
precious stones and petroleum are known to 
exist, yet comparatively little, if anything, has 
been done along these lines. 
Of her 45,000,000 acres of land, less than 
5 per cent, is devoted to agriculture, owing to 
lack of population. There are about 1,700,- 
000 acres of virgin forest lands and over 40,- 
000,000 acres devoted to grazing cattle and 
sheep. 
Wheat is the chief cereal grown, with corn, 
barley, oats and linseed in the order named. 
Tobacco has been tried with favorable results. 
The raising of cattle of all kinds and the 
maintenance of slaughterhouses and packing 
establishments for the purpose of supply 
ing Europe with meat forms the largest in 
dustry. One plant alone at Fray Bentos—