Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-03-11
FARMS GROW BIG
IN SOUTH ANERICA
These Are Property o. English
men, for the Mos Part.
Another Interesting anf Instructive Let
ter from Uruguy.-Estates
Worth Millions.
Estarzuela. Uruguay,

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my trips in Uruguay during the past
year, have visited IS or 20 large
estancias, - or farms. At least 80
per cent of his number were English.
It is an experience worth while to
visit one of these farms. For in.
stance, the estancis of Senior Leonardo
Peyrers. located 80 or 80 minutes ride
out south of Buenos Aires. on the
''Ferro Carril del Sud" (Southern
Ry. is 5 leagues square or 15x15
miles, making 225 spare miles or
IA 600 acres or 1440 farms of 100 acres
each. The proprietor is of German
descent, but speaks English fuently,
which is necessary in his importation
WORK and his relations with the many
English estancieros.
am not familiar with the large
ranches in the western American
states, but believe they have no com.
parison with these South American
estancias. AS say. this particular
estancia is leagues square, but it
has much more than merely the land.
For or miles along the railroad.
before reaching the estancia we passed
on our right hand large groves
monster eucalyptus trees on the
estaucia.
Upon arriving at the station, which
is named from the estancia, we
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drawn by two dark bay coach stall
lions, and went at lively pace down
through the lane, or rather boulevard,
bordered by flower beds of various
sorts and arching eucalyptus trees.
During the ride of mile or mile
and a half we crossed or bridges
of cement, we'll made and neatly de-
signed.
AS we approached the open
plaza leading up to the house,
we saw several pieces of statuary
placed upon imposing knolls. At
the left was a circular cement build
ing, very much like silo but only
IS or 20 feet high. This was like
great big hive of pigeons. Pigeons
everywhere. AS we drew up to the
house we passed the dog managerie-
Greyhounds, Russian stag hounds,
fox terriers, Scotch collies, ETC.
After passing Dog town we stopped
under or large spreading acacia
trees to get out of the coach. How
ever, 2 or of the police of Dog town
followed US up and were going to
arrest US, but were persuaded by
the patron not to modest US.
Instead of stopping at the house
to drink mate" we went directly
to the barns and stables. ('Mate"
is drink made of herbs resem bling
tea, but quite bitter-is found large
ly in Paraguay. The buildings and
corrals covered 10 acres at least. We
passed through the horse stable. Here
we saw Percherons. Hackneys, Ger
man and French coachers, saddlers,
English runners, all animals of
splendid type and valuable pedigree.
We went on to the cattle sheds and
there saw some of the finest short
horn cattle [ have ever seen. We
have sone good shorthorn cattle in
the States and l have seen some good
ones at the National Show in Chi
cago, but never did 1 see better ones
than those of Senior Peyrera. At the
August National Show, in Buenos
Aires. bull from this herd was
grand champion and sold at auction
for $50, OOG gold.
On a 4 or 5 mile circle through
the fields we noted the common stock
In the pastures, all of which showed
good breeding. The fences and gates
were very strong and were built to
last. One thing that particularly
attracted my attention was 2 or 3
focks of 'avestruzes' or ostriches,
40 or so in group, and an occasional
lone one with so or so little ones.
The male ostrich sits on the eggs and
takes charge of the flock after hatch
ing.
The buildings were all of one
story, made of brick and plastered
on the outside This is the general
plan of the buildings on all these
gstancias. They are painted either
white or shaded with yellow or gray
and at the base, or feet from the
ground is a belt of black. Around
the doors and windows also is the
black trimming and it certainly
presents a fine view to see 10 or 10
large buildings we'll kept up in this
manner.
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