The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1889-01-23
HORSES m ABUNDANCE.
A Land Where They Are Given Away and
Killed when TOO Numerous.
Observation-Disclosures for Januar

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ern country (Buenos Ayres) as one
from which there may spring a
rival III wheat growing effort that
may affect the market of the Unit
ed States. As a matter of fact the
thing is accomplished, and from the
district where / write wheat in
gram and in -four is already starts
ing Its remunerative journey from
the pampas, and had brought back
Its value from Brazil, Chill and the
Latin states of Europe. Encour-
aged by these results, the area of
planting is increasing. The acre,
age of the increase is pitiful, and
the amount of land under culaive-
ton Is to the Yat1kee mind con.
temptible, but the possibilities of
wheat are greater than those Mimi.
esota knew i'll 1860, or Dakota and
her sister territories enjoy to-day.
A climate that knows no frost. a
SOIL virgin to the pillow but enriched
by centuries of grasses blown into
the land and fortified by innum>
cradle cattle, whose movement over
its area has known generations of
death as well as the contribution of
their life, has made a land iii for
the gardeners spade. Its generic
character is, of course, alluvial, but
time beyond memory this land east
OF the Andes has known ito 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 mons
producers, hopeful from the efforts
OF every enterprise except their
own, speculative upon any foreign
energy, and ready and anxious to
enjoy the fruits of every industry
so long as they could profit by
either, or hold the harvest reaped
where they had not planted, and
gornsred whence they had not
sown.
Let me give some practical illus
trations Of values here. / went to
visit an 'estancia' (ranch) of twelve
Leagues of land "a league is nearly
5000 acres). | was met at the rail-
way station on a cold winters
morning iii July by a four-in>hand.
The driver was a peon; the Vehicle
one under which the two forward
wheels turned easily, and its body
behind the seat was covered with
home-dressed hides of horses. FITS
seats were cushioned with padded
horse hides, the harness were raw
horsehlde, the whip was braided
horsehide, and the pace was a run;
no trotting horse is known. Over the
pampas, 30 miles in 100 minutes,
the only skill Of the coachmen CALI
ed upon was to avoid the cattle
wallows. 1t was a pace for expe-
rience. Arriving at the estancia
the horses were brought up ali
standing, the harness dragged off
and the animals sent adtift on the
Pampas. l asked the superintend>
ent of the farm what became of
those horses. Il don't know he re-
piled. what are they worth?'
About three nationals EACH "a
national is s1;in the present depre.
ciated condition of currency. about
81 cchts.) That afternoon, with a
new four, the superintendent and 7
were driving and came up with
some poems skinning dead, but
still steaming horse. An inquiry
revealed that it was one of the tour
that galloped 30 miles in the morn>
ing. 4 knew the driving was too
hard | said; the horse was killed ,
why. bless your innocent heart.
said the superintendent, we shoot
fifty or sixty horses or mares a week
Tomorrow | will show you Il
round up" And he did; they kills
ed n horses, took their hides, boiled
down their tat, Stripped the hair
from their names and tails, and
counted it profit and left the car
cases on the pampas for the wait.
ing scaFenger Of South America,
the condor. What is that CARLYLE
says about the s:ored,up energy
which, e0Mtfiflites4o yiof;n,,,s,,.Ilo
There was q lot Of ebefgy released
that day.
1t rust Seem incredible to our
yankee and prairie fasmers that
horses can be SO used. but it is a
calm fact that more than 100000
were slaughtered in the Argentine