(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mail Service)
The prospects of agricultural settlement in Argentina are dealt with in the course of a circular issued by the Argentina Ministry of Agriculture quoted in the Record of Migration. The circular examines the qualities of the land, the capital needed for running a farm, the conditions suitable for cultivation, and describes the weather, climate, agricultural pests, means of transport, and different methods of cultivation and working in the various districts, land values and agricultural capital, credits for purposes of purchase and exploitation, and live and dead stock.
An agricultural property of recent date amounting to 600 hectares which may be taken as a typical example from the point of view of area and the methods used for cultivation and the raising of cattle, represented a capital of 302,045 pesos (about £28,000). The value of the land amounted to 153,900 pesos, capital expenditure on garden, orchard, house, etc., 64,280 pesos, live-stock, 38,900 pesos, agricultural equipment, 6,878 pesos, and working capital, 38,087 pesos.
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