36 SELLING LATIN AMERICA 
The climatic conditions, owing to the fact that 
it extends over thirty-four degrees of latitude, 
vary from tropical in the north to practically 
arctic coldness in the south, the seasons being 
the reverse of ours,—that is, they have winter 
when we have summer and vice versa. The 
greater portion of the country is in the temper 
ate zone, the summers being very hot and the 
winters typified by heavy rains, especially in 
the eastern portion, diminishing toward the 
west where there is often much drought. In 
the extreme south, in what was formerly Pata 
gonia the heavy snows of winter take the place 
of rains, which together with the warm sum 
mers produce a luxuriant growth of grass, es 
pecially adapted for the grazing of sheep. 
The Argentine has for some years been one 
of the granaries of the world and as its avail 
able land becomes cultivated is destined to 
play a more important role in this field. 
Some idea of its rapid development may be 
gained from the fact that in 1904, 26,000,000 
acres were under cultivation, while in 1913 
over 60,000,000 were sown. Wheat is of