Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-03

Eng,ird and France. It Is said that
l. al the lands which are know to
be whea, lands were used una thcse
should produce a crop Of ten buahcls
per acre the Argentine could now pro-
duce ono-hait tho whoas crop OF the
world.
a ncw wheat region Is aha: Of the
soUsh. Tho ArEcr.iuc from u1fth 90
sUu.h u longer than she United stages.
During fhC pIst few mlh.hs ! have
been away down In pA1lrlnia. have
lrlvclcd thousands OF miles through
tllohic grounds which have never ntln
touched by she pl1w. Three hur1fnd
milea south OF Buunos AyrIs shore
thriving seaport called Bahia 49,. a.
There arr biz whtat warehouses ih fo,
and the railfua1 mcn scil me .hii they
nave more wheat thln they can handle.
This wheat comes from shc southern
province Of Bucroa Ayrcs. province
which u enormous IN ita extent and
WHICH j. almuW altogether composed
~ good hind. Just south ~ this re-
giun fhere are va: p1mpas having
scahty paR;urage and usually booked
upon a. dtsofca. Through these PAM
ps,s run the two great rivers. Colorado
ana Negro, or, In ether words, Rcd aud
Black rivers Travelled for days along
these rivers In company with party
CT rallroad surveyors. The rivers have
q qudnflty Of water che year round. and
their TAU o. such az % make irritation
possible for u 'Nldo distance along thom
from the Andes 80 the ga. In She fu-
ture there Will be lffirred what
farms Throughout that REGION. The Siud
y ~ rich a. any pant % Colorado or
Utah or California, and Ia aottlcmott
9nd use 10 oniy question of tinc. Al.
tho welsh, who have "a C1iouy much
further south. are growing wheat by ir.
rigation. They are now exporting u
bout 1900 tons year. and thls has all
been grown on what until now was the
desefT sands OF Patagonia. About RIOS.
ario aud elsewhere In this valley Of she
larana che soil IL n rich. back loan
from six inches % three feet deep ly-
lng on bed Of clay. All the country
Tor hundreds Of miles above and below
iosafio and comprising large paris o,
the provinces Of 3uenos Ayrcs, Salta
fe and Enerc Rice. urs c5mp0sed of
Thls soll, which IN very good for wheat.
DON'T KNOW HOW TO Farm.
! nave never seen such poor farming
anyNher ~ n going on In the Afgcn.
tine. our own farmers arr bad enough,
but these people are Infinitely worse
In the United States the average Yield
OF wheat per acre taking the whole
country. II from twelve to thirteen
bushels. That Of tho Argentine il not
over ten. IL England. where the soil IL
more carefully studied aud cared for,
the average Il twenty. mine bushels per
acre. In Holland twenty-five busheis.
ana In France eighteen bushels. The
most OF the wheat In this country II
raised Dy italian immigrants. many OF
whom farm the land on shares. They
do their work In the toughest and most
slovcnly way. Much OF the wheat In
rowed on the ground ne n IN nrrt
he
among the ciodS. Other farmers drag
brush over the fioii and some " she
better farmers use the harrow. The
ploughlng u done with bullocks. who
drig the piougha through the burrows
by means OF yoke attached 10 their
horns. No fertilizer Whatever II used.
and the only idea OF the man seems 10
and then sit down and wait for the
crop.
ARGENTINE FARM LIFE.
The life OF the Argentine farmer
would never suit our people. An Amer
lean farmer could not be happy here
without he brought his associates and
friends along with him. l cannot de-
scribe che barronnsSs and drearlnerH OF
the life. In most OF the whoa; country
there are no trees. The little hut OF
the farmer made OF mud. stands out
not a sign OF comfort. and the farmers
do not seem TO care for anything but
their wheat crop. Most OF them have
no garden. They run their accounts a.
the nearest Eraevry and make annual
settlements when they sell their wheat
Most OF them drink TO excess, and few
OF chem have any thought beyond this
ono cvrop. All have large families. and
at times OF planting and harvesting,
nearly all work. You may see boys ~
eight riding horses In the Held. and
girls OF nine and ten are doing their
share OF the harvest. The lack OF Gle.
vators and other conditions, demand
that the wheat should be harvested
quickly, and at this time you VIII not
md a harder working people In the
world than these italian farmers OF the
Argentine. Women and girls. men ana
boys labor with all strength from sun
rise 20 sunset, and when II II moon
llght you may see them out under the
stars binding and thrashlng wheat II Va
the same In planting time, but between
these two seasons there u long vaea.
tlon. The result II that the failure OF
a crop means partial starvation. There
II no reason for tha. The land II rus-
ceptlble Of growing OF a great variety
OF crops, and. rs plowlns can be- done
here every month IN she year, the Ar
gentine farmer could raise everything
ne uses. ~ VI w. ~ y hAih ~ 'Ah w"
produce wheat az a cost OF from - 20
80 cents hushel This may be ~,
but, taking che average OF good ana
bad CIR ~, II Il probable that wheat
costs as much here as Il does In the
United states.
FARM WAGONS OF THE ARGES-
TINE.
n ls curious 90 see how the wheat IL
carred 70 the cars from such farms as
are FAR from the rlllroad. IL IA hhnled
IN bullock carte the wheels os which
are abaut c.ghi feet high, A load
we'ghlrg several tons IL balanced be-
tween a couple % these wheels, aud
from a dozen 10 sixteen buliocks are
harnessed M In double ille IN front 81
il. A Inc cart moves onward over tho
rough road the wheels give out such q
screechlng that you think there must
be a h0F-kllllns Ecins on near by II
ynu tell the farmer that bit OF grease
an the axle would stop the noise he
repiies that this IL necessary and that
ths bullorka VIII not move unless they
hear n. I'm some few Of the llrgs farms
inodern machinery IL used. ana the
,hre.hine IL commonly done with Euro