Cambios Históricos en la Estructura de la Producción Agropecuaria en la Argentina Utilización de los Recursos

Staple Products, Linkages, and Development: Evidence from Argentina

“… 6 In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, it was increasingly common for large landowners to rent fractions of their properties to cereal farmers. Beyond responding to profit opportunities created by rising exports of cereals, landowners used farmers to transform wild grasslands into higher-quality grazing places (Conde 1966; Slutzky 1968; Palacio 2002). The typical “arrendamiento” contracts that became widely extended were for two or three years and stipulated that farmers would sow the land with alfalfa in the last period. …”

“…From 1888 to 1914, while the stock of cattle in the Pampas remained stable, the stock of sheep went down by over 50% in that region and expanded greatly in the rest of the country(Comision Nacional del Censo, 1916-1919.9 The 1908 Census of Agriculture makes the point that flax's stages of production-terrain preparation, sowing, cultivation, harvest, threshing-were all similar to the analogous ones for wheat (Comision Nacional del Censo, 1909, Tomo 3, p. 410).10 In the late 19th and early 20th century, it was increasingly common for large landowners to rent fractions of their properties to cereal farmers. Beyond responding to profit opportunities created by rising exports of cereals, landowners used farmers to transform wild grasslands into higher-quality grazing places(Conde, 1966;Slutzky, 1968;Palacio, 2002). The typical "arrendamiento" contracts that became widely extended were for two or three years and stipulated that farmers would sow the land with alfalfa in the last period.…”