Omaha daily bee., 1914-05-31

be branded, and that they be counted
over at certain times by the farmer This
is in order that we may collect our share
of the stock as 1t grows up.
Natives Do the Hauling.
Another provision is as TO the carry
ing of the crops to the market. We are
fifty-four miles from Cuzco, and, ac-
cording to our contracts, the Indians who
own llamas must take the products of
the farm to that point or to anywhere
else we may direct without extra pay
than that stipulated in the contract. The
rate we have established for the fifty
four-mile trip to Cuzco is 81 for 40
arrobas. or 2,750 pounds. II the goods are
taken to Sicuani they get twice this
amount. but the distance TO that point
Is 100 miles. The Indians do not have
to work on the farm at the time they
are engaged in transporting these goods,
and we furnish them food to use on the
way. They will load the grain in bags
upon llamss and drive them to the mar
ket. 1t takes them about a week to go
to Cuzco and back and they sleep at
night on the road. They may stay a day
in Cuzco, and then they will start and
walk back, driving their llamas loaded
with supplies for the farm. 1t takes
twenty-five or thirty llamas TO carry 10
arTobss Each llama has a bag OF grain
on his back Weighing seventy-five or
eighty pounds. This is taken off when
IL reaches Cuzco, and load of some
other kind Is put on for the return trip
We allow the Indians to keep as many
llamas as they please, for every addi-
tional llama adds to the freight possibil-
tiles Of the farm"
TT would seem that the farmers ought
to make money on such contracts"
said /.
Can't Help Making Money.
They cannot help IT," was the reply
Think of IT, l buy a lamb Of an Indian
for 20 cents, and the understanding Is
that he is to pasture and care for It until
IL Is six months old or older. At that
age he brings IL to me. and | can sell II
for 1850 or 81, <If the lamb dies he has
to replace II. We have fixed price for
hides. which are now selling I'm Cuzco
for % cents a pound or SO per hundred
weight. We buy these hides from the
Indians at 30 cents each. making no ac-
count OF the weight. AS to wool we buy
that by the fleece without regard TO the
weight. Every fleece OF sleeps wool is
sold TO us for cents, and we sell II for
ten. fifteen or twenty times that amount
THIS Ia by our contract, made at the
time OF the lease. AS 10 the alpacas, we
pay for their wool according 10 the quail
ity, but the amount is a bagatelle in
comparison with what we get from the
exporters"
But II the man works five days for
you how is he TO take care OF his own
crop and to watch his cattle and sheep?'
That is done by his wife and chill
dren," was the reply. The children
learn TO herd the sheep and cattle almost
as soon as they are able to walk, and
the women keep the weeds out OF the po-
tatoes and help hoe the crops. The Ind AN
can do the same on Saturday and sun
day. Al of the Indian women work, and
the husband selects his wife as much for
her strength as her beauty. The women
are industrious. They are always spin
ming or knitting while looking after their
sheep and alpaeAs They do their own
weaving and make all the clothes for the
family. They do all the cooking, and. in
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