The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-03-24


cellcnt field for stock breeding.
IL This extensive territory. com.
prisinE about one. fourth Of the
total area Of Chile. contains, approx.
matcly, 4SO00.OOO acres of land. and
owes its present prosperity prinCi-
pally to sheep breeding and the work.
ings Of It's placer mines
The climate Of the territory of Ma
gcllan varies greatly, being cold in
the far north and temperate and in.
MIGRATING in the middle and southern
zones. Parts Of the territory. cspe-
CHILLY the southern portions are hoav.
lily wooded, and the damp. humid eli
mate of this part of Chile produces
an abundant vigorous and luxuriant
vegetation and causes the formation
at some places on the coast Of con.
siderable deposits OF turf The south.
crnmust points Of Chile, with the cN-
ccption Of some dry lands near the
frontier of the Argentine Republic, is
unsuited for stock raising. but the
southern, middle and northern sec
tons Of the mainland Of the Territory
Of Magellan are well adapted TO the
raising Of stock
The breeding Of sheep, which is now
the largest and most prosperous in
dustry Of the territory dates back to
1876, when Gov Dublc Almcidn bought
from the Falkland islands the FIRST
consignment Of sheep for breeding
purposes to this part OF the republic.
Notwithstanding the unpromising re-
suits of the earlier efforts at sheep
raising in the Territory Of Magellan.
this industry was soon established on
n firm footing and has been increasing
by leaps and bounds from that date to
the present time.
In 1884 the government conceived
the plan Of leasing to private persons
or companies tracts Of from 1000 to
10000 hectares 5000 or 20, 600 aCres)
of government lands for terms Of from
Ave to 20 years to be devoted to stock
raising aud 53l, 2G7 hectares u,3I2.-
coo acrcs) were leased during that
year Subsequently new concessions
were made, until IN 1896, about 5000
goo hectares (7.4l3,OOO acres) were
disposed OF In this part of Chile TO be
used in the stock raising industry. In
1903 law was passed permitting the
sale of government lands In the Terri
tory Of Magellan and the first sale at
nttl1tp Tf
1876 600 acrcs) brought an average
price OF Sal pesos $3.50 per hec-
tare can acrcs) The remaining
public lands in the Territory of Magcl.
Ian, consisting Of about ,756 SCI hec.
tares H3410OO acres) ana which
were sold at public auction from 1901
to 1906. were disposed of at an aver
age of 727 pesos (s2G5) per hectare
can acres.
1t is estimated that there were
l,S37, 709 head of sheep, 1904 head of
horned cattle, 23.sSS head Of horses.
S27 hogs 1872 mules, and 80 goats I'm
the Territory OF Magellan In 1907. The
exports OF wool through Punta Arenas
In 1905 consisted of 5,2SO,7i5 kilo.
grams Ul,61G,0OO poundsl valued at
5,l97320 pesos (s1,S97 0OO), as com
pared with 7,405,19O Kilograms NG.,
100000 Pounds, valued at Spa. 700
pesos ($3.OO9.3lO in 1906. Practically
all of the wool and hides shipped from
southern Chile In 1906 went to Great
Britain. Germany and Belgium, the
former country receiving about four.
flfths of the entire output Of these two
products.
Several industries closely allied to
and depending upon stock raising are
at present being exploited in the Ter.
ritory of Magellan In 1906 there were
seven tallow factories In the aforesaid
territory. having a capital Of AIS 900
pesos (Sl55 1850, with an annual out.
put valued at 100000 pesos (S7OF..
405). There are two refrlgerating
plants in the territory. The one at
Rio Scco has capital of 1900, 900
pesos (s54T500). In 1907 this plant