Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-29

,.,t, {, the chilean territory q the
.t,,.,tt''. Including TERRA del fucgo.
No. noon either bought or leased. ~
I'M ..iyc t,,u some ldsl Of the growth
W az Industry when l tel YOU tnot 10
tS.s t,li twenty years ago. there were
only iss sheep IN all thc M ~ .,d
seven years later there WeIt 4V'vyv "i,N
t.a ea, n. tsa5 Ia was estimated that
there we're 100000. and now On Gus
Island alone there are c1ns idefaply
fnors thnn "A million sheep. Inc Hht.p
ftrmora originally came nero lluhi tN'
Falkland lsiands, bii Hh,' t,,u
traIilna. French, Germans, isus..aHl
and others have joined mllh j.
b4..ryeT 40 Eneilah and Scotch. one
"a tho largest owners uf sheep nero ia
oar American consul. who "a also inter-
05iei In many other things. HIS nAine
Il Maurice praun. lie la Russlan by
blt,h, but the most Of his ne haA pen
apout in the MaEcllan.. he "a o., ~
900 acres In Tierra del FueEo. anu ~ ln-
f,rI.f.d In a number of other large
farms ihorc and on the mMnland. lic
ia % young man. but p1sacss.s teniaIh
able business ability, and makes WY
on 4 mo SHEEP FARM.
Tn. management ~ one OF these
iarr. Hhsrn farms u Undressing.
THkc that n the company when ms
4wa lnd auc-half million acres IN ller-
IN del rupre. itH cue huh.r.h .nlu-
sand sheOp are diyla,l w 80.
turo er1rt about Xix miles squire auui-
fri t5 IA. Thia is Just the size " many
of Uur AMERICAN townships. ana " YOU
wul Im1rino a township as one heli
you win have an idea " she grlihliy
T'Drra del Fucg1 p1Hutc. rms, 20
many uf our farmers, Woul fo,ll
large amount % land LOT th' hui,',
OF sheep. but the grass h'ff !. tn'lN
and iu Tysrra del fuOF1 from iWI g
thrfr nrrra are required f0r each fhntp,
Every flock has iiH own fh'ph'rl VINO
WATCHES the sheep On horagnlck. ic
has a number ~ daEH Ahlch ne 90
triina that shcy will obey his gna'
Most OF the dogs arr Heiieh cl..ies,'
which are very Intelligent, ana which
understand their masters almost a.
well aa though thcy could undrrH ana
l4rrffrro. when she HhUph ~ max q
"a motion % the front thcy know thcy
urp 10 10 ahead, motion 70
the rear calls them back, ana
ihr raising u hiH hand ln ihg air brings
thOm 10 a e'anistill oiher mDi. l.A
send chem 10 the right ana lDie ani. 50
fact. thry act for him almnf aa Won
aH n they we're human beings. Th'
shaphcrda are usually sc1iehm.n. who
come here on nvl-yclf cuuiru o. "a
flum SO O. 80 sold "a month. with he
undertaking thlt they arc 60 have
meat. fuel and houses fire.. The meat
] So mutton. the fuel th0y cut ;hcmsclvca.
aud their houses are ultle Two or Shf o
room fhnnu,a scattered over thc farm.
I They DO uH have very hard work for
most 20 ihe year They have 90 feed
/ she sheep. This d. uHt hard, f1r hll
I the feeding thnt the sheep gci u from
/ che pasture. f0r she grass T. Away
green on the Mnurilaur. and the sheep
I can Fraze IN Terra dol fucEp Az M
/ year around.
| sHEARINq SHEEP ny STEAM
! AND ny HAND.
They have a little harder work al
| shearlE time. bot her. much ~ sh'
| work o. done by professional shear ~
and she shepherds only assist Ihs
| ahciHus time begins ln January, and
I on ~ biz rhC.p station 10 lasts Tor tNg
I months. The sheep urr MT washed
before uhcariur. Tho wool 81 cleaned
after u reaches the European m1rkrt
I The price paid tn ahCltor lH Vbp ~
hundred sheep. 90 which rutc Eyad
man can make big waFra
within she past year or ~ s1m'
fl0cka IN TERRA del Fu0go have beer
I EhonrCd by steam. 90 ~ knives ol
/ clippers. like those used By our btrbeu
Tor clipping the hair short, e. attlchc,
90 a cord running on an overhead pul
Icy and q man moves these clipper
over she skin II the sheep. clipping on
the wool. This a. rlid 90 make
cleaner and closer SOB and docs not ca
the skin After shearnF the necco
are carefully spread out. hsuF laid on
on top 0f the other. and 90 packed n
bales Of 600 pounds each. The m1ai 1
The wool goes 90 the EHEilsh markets
whore o buugu from B 90 90 cents
pound. Al ~ ghrae large stallion
have their Managers, uVcruccra an
bookkcvp,rs.
Nearly every one has a store. when
IL men can get thU.r supplies, or.
every successful sheep station must b
managed after the haH cuisines
methods Sheep raising 10 hy 10 mean
an pr0ni. ~ takes money 20 max
money here as well nH elsewhere.
heard q ou" farmer who paid 5000
for dip" last year, pip h the tern
used Tor she mud 60 WhIcn the aheo
are washed several tlmra q year 10 fry
them from the ucaha. Tho Hcah u
parasite, which spreads 20 rapidly aha
u win infect a thousand sheep wkhl
few days.
PROFITS or SHEEP RAISING.
Ana with all this does sheep farmin
nhNf Yes, n you can get che land AM
the sheep. nut the land abiut her
and IN Terra del Fulgl IL all taken az
though | am told that there II some q
be bought m Argentine Patagonia
Much Of the Chilean lands are held un
. der lease from The government, bu
; nearly all II IN large tracts. which I
necessary on account ~ che ihinneH
! " The pasture. sheep here are w1rtl
on the average ~ about $3.50 gold
head. II IL estimated that the eve
VIII produce an inCruFe Of about Z
per cens OF the fiack a year, ard tnkInl
. the wool and the iuvrrlse mao c1nfii
erwion every sheep IN The fllck shout
nei the proprietor about a d1llU
. year The number Of employs needle
, u comparatively email. and thiH Do he
ING considerably reduced by fCncin
me pasture fields with wire. A. pres
. eui % takes a large capital 90 20 In
: sheep raising IN this part ~ the world
, ana considering everything / Hh1ul
.ay that the chances Tor the ordinlr
2 American farmer or small iuvestl
would be hardly worthy Of consldcra