The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22
MODERN ElI||.H|0DSI
FOR: BOLIVIA i ' \ NOW w
Land Owners AWaking to Neces-S
sitySof$Aband oning Primitive
Farming Implements.
AMERICAN MACHINERY ABROAD
Peasants Interested III Novelty.
Placed on B ordeaux Market.
Wire + encing
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IN yyAsH1NGTON.55D .. J III p ----P lowe
Tor two mules. N Sewers, Srea pers, winnow-
Ing and thrashing ma chines. II iron barr
rows, ptcks and spa les are IN RED ulsition
StnS5 the s ucre n reg ion Of Bolivia. says =
I British report, to compete with $sJs the
American made articles. Many land
owners are awaking to the necessity Of
replacing the primitive methods mostly;
in use for 8 theirs nj "a prop ria to TO our
times, e. q. the wooden splke plow driven
by oxen. the trcading OF the corn Il by
horses and oxen to separate the straw,
etc. 1t must be borne in mind. q however,
that in this region farm land s are very
undulatinE, the cultivated parts being
in II largo patches frequently decided by
broken land, So that one mat hine must
traverse "a vast extent Of country during,
Its daily work. 8S S team power Is not prac-
5ttcal. as fuel is invariably scarce. The
sewers and reapers should be drawn by
horses, or mules and the thras hers, II.
possible. By hand.
Sugar Refining chinery.
Il The Department Of Santa Cruz and
tLUG AooTt
3lvia. turn out annually some 200.
pound # OF j raw, unreflned cane sugar,
which. such as It q is. Is consumed for
domestic purposes as much 8 the foreign
article. even when the freights bring the
price to from IL to- % per cent. higher
The method OF manufactu y Is most
primitive ,& the cane being crushed BY
horizontal stone rollers riven round by
an OK harncssed to a pole, 7 he surplus
OF cane Is fermented into alcohol Of a but
Indifferent siS quality. The f}3 suga : II thus US
abora ted properly reined. would q 9
more saccepta Bile than that inlpo rted from
abroad and & theyS chief &lng redicnt grows
almost wild to an altitude Of y. 900 feet
above sea level. ssi as 5slS +.
Wire Fencing. ~,
The cattle ranchmcn in the I, eastern as [e' !.
provinces OF Bolivia are feeling the ne-3
cesslty OF fencing in their pastures, which
are very extensive, hat theC require
IS something cheap but serylceable over
level 4 country and broken ground, PEI.
llaps the posts would be better made n
that country, as there Is ABUNDANCE Of
ironwood and other tin1bers which VIII
resist anything, as well as galvanized t't I
cast iron
Portable Engines for France.
The diminished shipment Of United
States agricultural machinery to the Bor-
deaux section Of France Is probably
owing to tho large stocks left over from
1905. Mr.. Macdonald England's consul
there, remarks that the higher price OF,
British farming machinery Is slo WY but
surely reducing, each eason. the British
percentage Of the total Of farming ma
ohinery coming to Y France, There are
exceptions, however. in the ca &c OF Scer-t
tain classes OF machines, particularly In
that of British portable steam engines
,creasing In favor, IN the Department. OF
the I.andesN hundreds Of these portable
engines are employed In the. pine for-
ests for saving, and the present high
price OF turPentlne and pine wood makes
this department an ceptlonally rich
field, British makers should, however
note that large semi portable engines Of
from so to 500 horse power for producing
electric current are now finding theirl
way into Bordeaux from Germany,
NJ Essence Farm Engine.
n An interesting novelty was placed upon
the Bord ca Tx market at the beginning Of
1906 In the shape Of q small loW-speed
essence engine for farm purposes, such
as pumping, straw cutting, or any other
farm or domestic requirement for q
handy mo- tori these engines, running at
800 reyolut Ions per minute instead Of the
1900 to Y 900 reyo ttotlH OF the ordinary
French engine, are part cularly adapted
to use by tho pea TRY. - he 2-horsei
power engine Of this class can be sold;
at retail I'm Bordeaux for 800 francs
$500 It can also be furnished with 2
self igniting appar tus In the shape q a
small dynamo, s1.l is4 ,5sS sf3