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Show NEW LAND OF PRO MISS. Argentina has an area of 1.120,000 ; square miles, nearly one-third the area of the United States and Alaska. This ' area, except a very small portion. Is . located in the south temperate rone,, and in It are 245,000,000 acres of arable and 235.000.000 acres of pastoral land, and yet only 21,000.000 acres are under cultivation, although the soil Is equal ; . to that of Illinois and Nebraska and the general conformation of the land ; not unlike our central West. Hun-; dreds of Individual men In every State or province own each from 75 to 800 square milee of land. It is strictly suited to white labor. In this vast extent, ex-tent, however, there are as yet only 5.000.000 Inhabits nts, while it can easily; support 75.000,000 people, 100,000,000 cat-; tie and 300,000,000 sheep. Buenos Ay res, the capital, is one of the most prosperous prosper-ous and beautiful cities In the world, and has a population of nearly 1.000,000. Neither in this city nor in the interior Is there any considerable Indian or ne- -gro element, such as found In other South American countries. The population popu-lation Is 'J per cent of white extrac-: tion. ' 1 |