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devoted to this business. The grapes grown 
at the foot of the eastern slopes of the Andes, 
near and around Mendoza, yield 500,000,000 
quarts of wine yearly, most all being for in 
ternal consumption. Owing to the reversal 
of seasons here, crops are harvested when ours 
are being sown. 
Recently dairying has developed to a re 
markable extent, over 1300 creameries and 
factories being devoted to the manufacture of 
butter and cheese, doing a gross business of 
nearly $9,000,000. Much butter and cheese 
are shipped to England, Brazil and South 
Africa. For the first time in its history, but 
ter was exported to the United States last year. 
Flour milling was established in the Argen 
tine in the 16th century. Prior to this Chilean 
flour supplied the demands for this article. 
To-day in addition to providing sufficient for 
its own requirements, Argentine ships much 
of its flour to Brazil, Chile and Europe and 
has about 800 flour mills in operation, repre 
senting an investment of approximately $14,- 
000,000.