. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . ther to follow a more settled mode oflife or to retreat farther inland, and in their places wefind enormous herds of cattle and sheep, whilst in thebetter watered lands of the Plate in the south, maizeand wheat are produced in great quantities. (SeeFig. 119.) Alfalfa is also very largely grown for deep-rooted, like most plants which thrive best indry climates, it is suited to the climate of the pampas. In the drier area to the lee of the Andes, the utiliza-tion of water from the streams for the irrigation o
. A regional geography of the world, with diagrams and entirely new maps . ther to follow a more settled mode oflife or to retreat farther inland, and in their places wefind enormous herds of cattle and sheep, whilst in thebetter watered lands of the Plate in the south, maizeand wheat are produced in great quantities. (SeeFig. 119.) Alfalfa is also very largely grown for deep-rooted, like most plants which thrive best indry climates, it is suited to the climate of the pampas. In the drier area to the lee of the Andes, the utiliza-tion of water from the streams for the irrigation of theland has been carried out with considerable success,especially at Mendoza, where fruit-growing is engagedin, and in the Tucuman area where sugar, rice, andtobacco are cultivated. All the drier areas of the southern continents sufferfrom locusts, and the Plate lowlands are no do very great damage, especially to maize, for the 438 SOUTH AMERICA usual time at which they appear is just before the maizeharvest, when the corn is soft and juicy. Efforts are. Tic;. 119.—The chief products of South America. made to destroy the pests before their wings appear, forafter that stage has been passed, the planter can do Httle TIIK RKGIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA 439 to prevent their destructive work. Poultry and cxstrichcscat them ; but the eggs of the former are quite unsuit-able for human food for some time after such a is believed that they breed in the Gran Chaco, andwill probably decrease in numbers when that region isbetter known and extensive areas have been to get a good account of a flight of locusts. Theirnumbers are astonishing, whilst the damage they do ina very short time is tremendous. The Plate lowlands have very little coal, and, exceptwhere the Parana and the rivers from the east leave theplateau, there are no falls, so that water power cannotbe used. Therefore it is very likely that agriculture willalways be the chief industry. THE SHINGL
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