Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-13

vessels carrying our wares to Pacific
South America will furnish cheap re-
turn freights, and the prospect is tina.
in the near future many of them VIII
come loaded with fruit The seasons on
this side Of the equator are the opposite
OF ours. The fruit begins to ripen here
late in our fan, and the Chileans have
plums, peaches and pears ready for the
market In the midst OF our winter
From now on Valparaiso Will be within
two weeks Of New York, and the canal
has placed a South American California,
with its summer products almost at our
doors. The prospect OF a great exporta-
ton Of Chilean fruits to the United
states is agitating the farmers. The gov
eminent is investigating the subject, and
schools for teaching fruit growing and
the packing and expectation of fruits
are being established. Chile has long
been the chief fruit-growing country of
the lower half OF our hemisphere. II al
ready has orchards of hundreds Of acres
and its vineyards are yielding about 80
100000 gallons OF wine every year. There
10 no land upon earth that has better
fruit possibilities and its products are |
now to be dropped upon Uncle Sans |
tables.
breeding Special Plants.
In order to give you some idea OF
what this great industry may do. for
the United States, I have spent n dav
with Don Salvador Izquierdo S in go
ing over his fruit and nursery planta-
lions, situated near the town of Nos
and about twelve miles from Santiago.
Don Salvador is the fruit king of Chile.
ana might almost call him the Luther
Burbank Of our sister continent. He has
an irrigated hacienda of about /. 400 acres.
covered with gardens and orchards and
plantations for the raising of flowers
plants and trees of almost every variety
lie has now more than 13.OOOOO in
uividusl plants in the estate and he sbins
plants by the tens of thousands IN ON
parts OF Chile, and also across the Andes
10 Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil IIa
is not only grower of nursery stock but
Is likewise scientific breeder of new
varieties. Altogether he has introducad
into Chile more than 1900 new varietias
OF fruits and plants, and he has bimsalf
originated by cross breeding hundreds NJ
valuable trees and flowers. Some NJ he
experiments have been along the line os
creating trees not subject to oertain
olghts and pests He has already created
fourteen new varieties of apples NOT o.
Ieeted by the insect known as the scbizo-
hera lanifera, that is now DESTROYING orr
apples or many parts of the world Tha
ne" varieties are grated onto the stake
Oh ordinary trees. The insect oravvls nm
the stalk, but 1t stops where the qro s,s
oegin' and the trees and their fruit ora
found to be safe.
Training Roots of Trees.
among the other experiments of Senior
lzquierdo S. is the elonEating of tha roots
OF the eucalyptus and other trees ao that
tney can be grown upon the dry lands
OF the tops OF the mountains. This ia
done by sprouting them in pots. who're
the young trees are fed with nitrate or
SODA and treated in such way that their
roots are about four times the usual size
Being planted, these long roots 90 far
Gown into the soil and tap the under
ground layers Of water and are therefore
able to resist the drouth. It was IN
recognition Of this discovery that the
Royal Agricultural society of London has
just unanimously elected Don Salvador
Azquierdo s. member of that body.
Aut cannot give you a better idea Of
me possibilities of fruit raising IN chill
tnan by taking you with Don Salvador
over his great fruit estate. We start at
tne station In Santiago and within an
hour have ridden out to the little station
Oh NOS Our way is through the central
NAiey OF Chile' and We see great farms
ana vineyards on both sides of the rail
toau' AT NOS we leave the train and take
sne private car owned by Don Salvador
LOT tne hacienda. which is distance of
'e hnies away. The car is pulled by a
ha
animal go on the gallop We go over a
road lined with poplars a bTndrad e.,
hish' oy great fields in which fat cattle
are grazing and within a short time are
on Don salvador's property. The estate
Is surrounded by magnificent scenerv
1t lies on plain at the foot of the noun.
tains' sloping toward them Just enough ~
give the fall required for the irrigation
oitches These are fed by a branch of The
Mapocho river, rushing stream SO large
ana SWIFT that 1t not only irriRates the
l,OOO acres of plants, but also furnishes
the electric current that runs all tbe
machinery. One OF the canals turns a tur.
pine that gives the estate 100 honsenowar
Inns pant lights the hacienda and othe,
Dulioings' 1t runs saw mills and tbreshe,
ana moves the machines of a large fruit
packing and canning establishment.
Use American Machinery,
As we ride in we pass threshlnR ma
ehine Which is moved by this plant I
was imported from America and its nois,
carries us back TO our farms at home
Inc grain is coming in from the field
In enormous oxcarts and it is fed directl,
from the carts to the thresher. AS tn,
barley pours forth It is caught in bucket
made OF skin holding a bushel or NOR
and carried by men to a great pile OF
the ground.
We next walk to the sawmill nearby
where the men are making lumber out o
some OF the trees that Don salvado
has planted within the last twenty years
The soil and climate here are such tina
trees will grow twice as fast as In GU
own country. There are eucalyptus IL
feet high that are not over fifteen year
OF age, and palms as big around as
hosshead that have been planted With
Inc last generation. The big trees on thI
estate are numbered by the hundreds G
thousands and they have all been plante
since 1884 which was the time wba
Don Salvador began to turn his ancestor
grain and dairy farm into a nurser,
Some OF these trees are raised solely IA
wood and there are little forests !