Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-01

The chilean farmers are perhnpa the
.,bsst Of their kind In the world.
Tbsv live like feudai lords upon their
rr,,t estates. and number their re-
,,,nefr By the hundrcds. They have
n5cks Of thousands u sheep. vast
ifoyea Of cattle aud horses. and their
cowboys are maaaod like an army at
inc annual round-ups. They raise
every year over 2s,Ooo,coo bushels or
wheat. millions Of gallons Of wine and
the finest horses and best cattle ON tho
western coast Of this continent. Some
~ thon have the most modern MAJ
cbinery. and mon who own a dozen
American ihfoshing machines are not
uncommon.
WHERE 1000 ACRES ~ ONLY A
GARDEN PATCH
ruly onc.haif of the population Of
chile 10 dtyniti to agriculture. but
only these pabobe are the landowners.
in the whole United States. with ia
;soo0o9O inhabitants. only 1i.oOo men
own farms VI 1000 acres and over.
here "a thousand aorc farm II little
more ihan garden patch. l meet
clry men who have ten. twenty and
hnty ihbusand acres Of land. and !
have visited number u estates worth
moro than one million dollars have
nclgraphy OF chile, just published.
which Eivcu the government valua-
tons VI the farms OF each province.
There are hundreds In nearly every
state worth over SiOo,o5o. and In the
country there are scores valued at
more than million. ! am now at tho
little railroad and farming town u
san Rosgndn IN the central valley n
chile. San i,oHcnd0 iH about 900
miles from Santiago. aud about 200
miles Mouth VI the Peruvian frontier
Ia coming here ! rode through ono
" the chief agricultural HrdiionH OF
the country. This valley 10 nom TWEEN.
~ 10 one hundred miles wide ana about
Dix hundred miles long II extends
from above Santiago 90 hundreds "
miles south Of this point on the
east " II are the snowy walls ~ tho
Andes. with here aud thoro the great
cone Of dead volcano rising above
the other peaks. and on the west arr
coast range. their Sides covered with
rrcen. iiciweon these almost parallel
but winding walls llca the rich valley
~ ihllr. rs surface ~ rolling nud Il
o. cot ~ many crooks and little rivers,
which, fcd BY tho Andcan SHOWS.
airy with them. To- the son loads OF
fli. 10 rich that Il makes fat every
ifch of soil upon which II drops.
ia some streams. such no the Mapo.
thn amount ~ silt lH % great that ID
~ Hnld 20 coat the lands hy tho irfira.
ton canals 10 deapth Of nm inch a
year. Other streams. such Ms the
H.o.hlo and some streams % south
chile. are almost M clear ~ crystal.
The whole o. the valley north Of this
point N Irrigated and the country IL
like vist fardcn made up OF noids
divided BY canals nionE which hedges
m lomhardy pprlafr have grown To
the height ~ sixty feet and more.
some OF the estates are walled with
stone and il l. only occisionsliy tl,st
you ace fences Of wire or boards Thsre
aif no barns standing cut on the land
neipe' ana the only buildings are the
FfcW low gambling Htruciurra OF the
owner Of the estate and the moan
fqualii houses " the lnborora, which I
I1iu describe more fully further on.
oxen everywhere take the place u
h1ngs Or mules. Clumsy carts drawn
hY ihs.1 boasts with yokcH tied 10 their
horns are the farm wagons. and the
poNs are forced through the furrnw by
ihr same motive power. The ssiatcs
were, az rule wen kept. I passed
vast vineyards. the vines Of which now
clyfrtd with the rcd leaves OF winter.
ipoucd the landscape with fields ~
blood The vines were dwarfod ~ ihfy
an ln France. and In many cases were
10 al 81 la.
has, ! am. told. ltH skilled Frenchman as
Hlptrlm rndeut The vines are planted
IN rows about i've feet apart. and oxen
arc ufed 10 plnw them. The chilean
WINS, both whlte ana red. are excel
lent, and the amount exported every
year u Increasing, The climate OF chile
i Just ab1ui the same as that o. Cal-
f1rnla, The same crops and fruits are
raised In both places, and the cond-
Tons u auccefsful farming are about
me same, save that In California You
md most Of the farms very small.
now ONE WOMAN FARMS IN
CHILE.
What would one OF the California wn-
men who tells you that forty acrcs arn
more than enough for one person to
take care o. think II she were asked 10
manage farm worth million dollars
ana coinprlalng more than eleven thou
tlui ncreHf There IL woman who
owns an estate ~ this size near santi-
ago She directs Il herself. and this
notwithstanding she Is now consldera-
Wy over three score and ten, She keeps
~ own books. the balances OF each
lgr N which run Into the Thousands
dollars, and az the same time man
sgu al the details connected with her
lh9lehQld and lts numerous guests.
- woman Il 10 me one OF the remark
apie chnracieFH OF chile. Her name N
s'nora Emilia Herrera de Tors. She
lohEH 10 one ~ the oldest families VI
niue and the estate has been In her
lAmlN for hundreds OF years II Hes
Nllhlh Two hours by train Of Santiago.
ahl, hH a the case with most Of she
wealthy farmers Of this country. the
tAluly I'VE upon II ugily during the SUM
u,g mouths, spending their winters IN
MT homt At the capital, II was In
,lmpiny with our American minister
ana his wife that visited Madame dc
tp,o ana had one OF the most pleasant
az interesting experiences have had
uulihg my stay In chile
VISIT TO A GREAT HACIENDA
leaving Santiago on tho train, we
sle under the snow walls OF the Andes,
snvukh hnc'Anda after hacienda, by
~, Vineyards OF b,ood-red vines, by
an'l helda tlled with herds Of cattle
gheep until We came 10 the station
.ne Agulla" estate. Here we were
XVI ~ spanking team OF bays and
~, ior mile or % on the estate be-
ny We come to the home. This con-
banS, ot many long, low one-story
vgaulhsa, with roofs OF red tiles and
aba,, ipoiehes iloored with brick, running
~ lauos and gardens. A grove OF
tt leanl 100 feet high looked down