Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-12

like ErnNe OF low PAIN trees Iu|N
fusa1ck grass grows along the coast
even down 90 high-Nater mark ~ is
fast dia1ppoatlur however. as the
sheep are Fo fond " % that they eat %
FAR down into the roots.
Another curious plant grows in the
hirs This looks like q stone. ~
forms IN punches ns hard as rock and
from three 600 olEhi feet tall ~ s au
hard shot YOU cannot cut 10 With "a
sharp knife ON bot days pale y o.
low Eum comes OUT 1u lis surface and
% rich aromatic odor nlls she surround
ms alt Il 10 known here as the baI-
4 pREARY LAND
10 90 always cloudy in tha FaIkaudu.
Thu air ia moist and the aspect OF MA.
tufa ID drnHry ln the extreme. Imagine
re- dul isadeu aky hanr.Hg low over red.
dish brown mu0rs.1 out ~ which here and
90. Jut thr rigE, % teeth pi white rock
masses. ana you have general idea uf
The Falkland island landscape. The
Islands age gently rolling. with here and
ihcr, q ragg'd bin. the land " aH black
IH your hat fun ui peat. aud here ana
;hHro HtrrakUd with llitle streams and
spotted with ircachcruua boys, ln which
horses and men arr sometimes Loot The
ground j. Hu soEgy. 10 fact. that waElnf
cannot be- used There " not a four.
carts can be- used only In Port Stanley
All travel Ia on horseback and 10
stranger dare not 40 from one sheep
farm i1 another without a guide. Such
hauling aH De- done iH by ihr sheph HrIH
On Hlcdgcs dMEgcd over the wet bus
BnowieaH ground by horses Al hordlng
20 sheep h done upon horses hu1 with
III, pherdi dogs. which are raised and
trained Tor the purpose.
SHEEP RAISING Is THE FALK.
LANDS.
Notwithstanding all ,hla. the Islands
are excellent Tor cattle and sheep. Tho
latitude here IN about that % Holland.
and tn animals fegd Out ali the year
round. Before sheep was introduced.
the Islands fairly HwarmOd with villa
years ago u b. estimated that there
were 100000 VIA cattle ON the Island.
Now these have ail disappeared and ale
most that many sheep have taken their
places The wild cattle were the first
cause " the settlement ~ the Islands.
\ rich cattle and hides dealer of Mon
ievcdcu named Lafpne bought The
flght 60 thu southern part Of East Falk-
land and nil the Wild cattle on the
Islands in 1874 for so 900 down ana the
promise 90 pay 100000 additional ln
ten years from 1853. In this deal h.
got over 1000 acres % land ana the
skins OF the wild cattle. IN 1859 he sold
our his property a. tho Falkland Islands
company Tor $1,000 and since then
this company has been tn leading power
IN the Falidanda n has bought moro
land ana % now probably has more than
million acres. n has about 900. 00l
sheep and Il has a sailing vessel which
goes 20 London once 4 year 10 carry ltr
wool ANA bring back the canned goods.
clothes, farming implements ana other
things required by the Islands. u has
a line " boats which periodically make
ihe round of the Islands. carrying the
farmers such goods az they order ana
bringing their wool 90 Stanley Tor ship
mrnt i0 Europe, The wool IN put M In
bales Just tn We bale cotton, Much uf u
rueH tu The markets hy the regular
steamers. THAT on which came ID now
loading Ia the harhpr u win take or
1900 bales NJ $50 pounds each. which at
20 cents Il pound. the price 10 viii hrInH
ln London, Will make cargo worth
$1,000.
AMONG THE SHEPHERDS.
II does not take many shepherds {,
care Tor these large locks % sheep
The farms are divided ~ into nelds 81
several thousand acres each ana fenced
with wire fences. 80 that all The ahrp
herd has TO DO % 30 ride about amoui
the sheep. His life u 1psui upon horse
back, each shepherd being supplied VIII
six horses, Tho shepherd watches hi
| flock, be takes che sheen 1ut Of lh
boys when they fan In and turns thru
y over " they fail down, The Hherp here
4 In Patagonia. arc large and fat SOM
r the Wcthrts weighing from NJ 30 lV
1unds. When such sheep roll upli
heir backs they cannot get ~. II lcf
| alone in shlH condition they would NJ
and Kick until they died, we're q no
that ihey arc killed long before by Ia
birds. The huxzardH here hover owe
the Sheep. They watch chem day an,
Night and the moment a sheep iH on 90
back they aWoup down upon 50 and plci
out rs eyes, They Keep picking 40 Z
until 10 dies IN agony. An hour on n
later they have Ripped lis skin open AM
torn the flesh from &C. bones, The shep
herds toll me 70 10 Uncomfortable nov
the huzElrdH ma the sheep almost th
moment they fan. and that they attael
them even In the night The sheep ais
fnll Into holes. Of which there are man.
Ali over the Islands, ~ ia The shepherd
huAuess 90 get them out They hiN
90 be- clipped 10 keep On the sCih. an
at ehgaring time, which lasts Tor w
mlnths, they are driven 20 the WOO
shed and shorn, They are not washed
as ace our sheep, before shcarng IN
wool Do carefully cut on, put into bale
uf 600 90 800 pounds, covered with bag
wng. hoped With Iron. aud shlpp
thus 10 London Tor sale. Most OF N
sheep are Of the chcyl1t and Austria
Ian breeds They give heavy neece-
the average being from 10 10 pound
and running from that up TO "a poundi
which was the actual weight OF fieeo
cut on this season.
a LONELY LIFE.
This life OF the shepherds must be
lonely one. They are. you know, "a
SCltchmen, who have been brought on
here from Scotland nor the purpos,
Most OF them are married, and an hay
large families. Their houses are scat
tered over the farms from fiftecn /,
twenty miles apart. They are usual
built near a Ht,Io inlet. whore the com
pany's boat can bring their suppliel
ana near a peat bed, The propr.et0
pays each shepherd from SO 90 $50
month and furnishes his meat and fue
The meat 10 mutton, which, he can TAX
from the flock, and she fuel ID pea
which he must dlg out himself In ad
d.ii1n ~ this he has a garden patel
and with mutton ana vegetables h. doe
very we'll Ills Hour and other thing
~ must buy. His home Is "A little cot
tlge OF Two rooms and loan-to roafe
with corrugated ir0n, one room serve
as a kitchen and living room and IN IA
other the family sleeps. II there IL a
ovefii4G or a guest the lon or attic
a