Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-01

grapes. 1t has cellars with capacity
of 10000 gallons of wine, and it bottles
and ships vast quantities every year.
The ErrazuriZ vineyard, at the foot of
the Andes, puts up 5000 bottles OF wine
a day in addition to tn, which it stores
away in casks. 1t ships more than 100 900
bottles OF wine every month. There Is
another vineyard that ships 100000 gall
Ions a year.
Ranches Up-tOSdate.
One of the richest families OF Chile is
that of Augustin Edwards who is now
minister from here to the court Of st.
James He has one hacienda about TWEEN
ty-five miles north of Valparaiso that
supplies q part of that city with milk
He has 800 milch cows and he breeds fine
dairy stock. He is also noted as
breeder of horses not only for racing. but
for heavy draft. He has in his stables 7e
Arabian mares, 50 Percherons and 10
Yorkshires. He has 10 Shorthorn bulls,
some of which were brought from Eng
land. Another big dairy hacienda, which
also supplies Valparaiso, is that of Don
Tomas Eastman. On that estate there
are several thousand cattle, including
| 1000 milch COWS. On the Denoso dairy
farm there are still more. The latter
hacienda has the biggest silo in the world
and one of the queerest. It Is nothing
more than a great ditch $50 feet long, 20
! feet wide and IL feet in depth This is
filled with red clover which has been
trodden to pieces by driving horses over
1t and then laying It between layers OF
straw. The Denoso farm runs its ma
chinery by an electric plant operated by
| falls two miles away. The hacienda has
electric lights and the cows are MIXED
under the rays OF incandescent burners.
The nursery at Santa Ines is the largest
In Chile. It has an electric plant run by
the falls OF a branch OF the Mapocha
river This is now furnishing 1oo-horse-
power, which is used in the factories and
other establishments connected with the
property. Everything excepting the
farming and cultivating Is done by cleo
tricity. and this includes the thrashins
of all kinds OF grain, the saving OF lun-
Der. the lighting the owners home and
the moving OF the machines OF large
manufacturing plant On that estate there
are twelve miles OF railroads, and there
is one peach orchard in bearing that con-
tains 5000 trees, and the receipts must
equal. should say. the salary Of our
president Nevertheless It was twelve
years before Santa Ines began to pay, and
during that time II cost Don Salvador
Izquierdo s.. who owns 1t, an outlay Oh
$4,000.
Another Valuable Property.
During my last visit to Chile I visited
the estate of Macul, which belongs TO TIT
Courinos, the descendants OF a woman
who was long said TO be the richest
widow OF the world. The estate cost
more than $4,000 when It was bought
by Don Cousino. 1t is now valued al
over 81 10000. II consists OF about 500
acres OF irrigated land. and IT has large
, number OF fine blooded horses and 20t
cattle bred from the best Durham stock
Its vineyards have hundreds of thousands
OF vines, and they produce millions OF
) bottles of wine every year. The watei
} rents there are about as much as tbs
! salary OF United States senator ant
the irrigation bitches are marked ou
, by long lines OF poplars The park Of
t Macul IS one OF the finest In Chile.
Another large estate IL that OF Aguila
n belonging TO Don Santiago de TOro
which contains II 900 acres. 1t IL not IA
: from Santiago, and II took me Abou
I two hours on the train 70 20 there. Al
l. the time OF my visit the hacienda had
! over 1000 cattle and 200 horses. the mos
Of which were used for breeding alone
and for the family and guests. All Of
} 4 he farm work was done by oxen. or tn.
; cattle 800 were dairy cows, which brought