The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-16
a sATIsFACToRY soLUTIoN PRoBABL
HORSES IN ABUNDANCE.
A Land Where They Are Given Ava
and Killed when too Numerous.

and Killed when too Numerous.
From, tAe american AgricuIt1,rist for January
Nobody has thought Of this southern
country (Buenos Ayres as che from which
there may spring rival in wheat-growing
effort that may effect the market Of the
United States. AS a matter of fact the
thing is accomplished, and from the district
where write wheat in grain and III -four
is already starting its reEIunerative journey
from the pampas, and has brought back its
value from Brazil, Chill and the Latin states
OF Europe. Encouraged by the g results,
the area of planting IS Increasing. The
acreage of the increase, a. q tact, l. pitiful,
and the amount Of land under cultivation is
TO the Yankee mind contemplate, but the
possibilities Of wheat are greater than those
Minnesota knew in $50, or Dakota and her
sister territories enjoy to-day. A climate
that knows no frost, a soil virgin to the
plow but enriched by centuries Of gra sses
blown into the Lana ard feTtilized by in
Vulnerable cattle, whose movement over its
area has known generations Of death
as well as the contribution Of
their life, has made q land fit tor the
gardeners spade. Its generic character Is,
Of course, alluvial, but time beyond mem
Dry this land east Of the Andes has known
no curse except that Of man, whose misuse
Of its offerings has brought forth a race
whose character, until within ten years. has
been that of non-p-oducers, hopeful from
the efforts Of every enterprise except thei ?
own, speculative upon any foreign energy,
and ready and anxious 70 enjoy the fruits
of every industry 50 long a. they could
profit by either, or hold the harvest reaUed
| where they had not planted, and garnsred
| whence they had not sown.
Let me give some practical illustrations
Of values here. l went % visit 81 ''es-an-
cla' ranch u tFe.v- leagues Of land &
league IS nearly 6.ltU acres I was met al
the railway On o. q cold winters
| morning IN july oy a fclr-il-1a11. The
driver was q peo1, re venice one under
which the two forward wheels turned
easily, aad its b51F b=zi1j tie seat was
| covered with ho1=-1T@ss=i hides OF horses
| Its seats were c-s--o-a1 vi ID padded horse
| hides, the harm He-r -a# hcrszhl6e, the
| whip was bra Led Lo-s=Lsize, and the pace
was a run. Il t-5--l-g 15rs= Is known. Over
| the panpas. = ZLas Il 10 minutes, the
| only skill Of scs c1zccu1el called upon was
| to avoid tns ca--l= wz--gwz L vas q pace
| for,experlsncs. Arriving 81 TIE esta cia
| the no ses ws7e = 1EL- I'D I'll standing, the
| harness dragged CT and re animals sent
! adrift o. t1= pzUpzs- ! ssk=I tie sdperin-
! tendent Il t1e farm what bec2ms Of those
| horses. Il Ill Know. Ls -eplied. What
| are they worth = "1oo-- three national S
! EACH : national = s. II the present de-
! preciated cOE1l IN q cure c., about 81
cents That Afternoon, with q new four,
| the superlute-1e1t ana I were driving and
| came up VITA some pe0ls SHINING a
| dead, but ST.. srezEaIlx tore. An inquiry
revealed tnsy y wzs che u the four
| that galiOpeI s1i-ry--w0 miles IN the morn
| ing. u k-s@ rns driving was too hard |
| SAID 1.-THE horse was kille+. Why, bless
! your inLooan. heart, said the superintend-
| ent, i've snCot GfJy or sixty horses or mares
a week Tomorrow / viii snow you a
| round up. ard he did and they killed
| seventy-f1ur ho-ses. took their hides, boiled
down their fat, stripped the hair from their
names aud tails and counted II profit and
| left the carcasses On the pampas for the
waiting scavelzsr Of south America, the
condor What Is t1at Carlyle says about
the stored-up energy which constitutes q
nations wealth! lnere was lot of energy
released that day.
1t must seem Incredible TO our yankees
and prairie farmers that horses can be SC
used but l. is q calm fact thai more than
| 700 900 we're slaughtered in the Argentine
/ Republic last year, as shown By the raw
hides sold in market. Horses'grow wild and
worse horses il 10 impossible TO conceive. A
| horse is cheaper than a coat mean q
horse broken 10 ride or drive. Beggars (and
| IL this country there are many ride from
| house 70 touss to solicit aims, and refuse a
| horse from an almOner from whom tLey
expect a richer gift. for horse is the
cheapest thing he can give.
Judged by our ideas Of economy, this ell
seems mad extravaganza. They excuse il
in ways not satisfactory 70 me, for it Is ex-
travagauce. say what they will No dis
lance Of marked can compensate for the
waste Of pure strength easily realized Upon
In a land where premium Of $50 Der
. 1 g.
/ ever poor who comes to settle and work
Bad As the horses are, one of them is WORTH
any four immigrants l saw of this class out
! OF 10000 landing in Buenos Ayres in July