4 o  SELLING  LATIN  AMERICA
asses;  90,000,000  sheep;  4,000,000  goats  and
3,000,000  pigs.
Nature  seems  content  in  having  blessed  this
country  with  fertile  pampas  and  agricultural
lands,  consequently  there  are  comparatively
few  minerals  within  its  territory.  There  are
however  some  veins  of  gold,  silver,  copper  and
wolfram.  Petroleum  has  recently  been  discovered, ­
  but  not  in  large  quantities.  There  is
no  coal  in  the  Argentine,  but  in  some  sections
bogs  of  peat  cover  extensive  areas  and  await
development.
To  the  north  and  in  the  interior  are  forests
of  valuable  woods,  there  being  over  thirtythree
  species  of  commercial  value.  Quebracho ­
  wood  is  found  in  the  provinces  of
Santa  Le,  Santiago  del  Estero  and  Corrientes.
It  is  very  hard,  impervious  to  moisture  and
will  not  rot.  Due  to  these  admirable  qualities ­
  it  was  formerly  used  for  sleepers  for  railways ­
  but  now  owing  to  the  fact  that  it  is  excessively ­
  rich  in  tannin  it  is  used  almost  exclusively ­
  for  the  purpose  of  curing  leather.
Lormerly  it  was  exported  in  large  logs  to  Eu-