The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-03
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Ainncnn feeding tho roof of the
world.
pP plate of India, India, and others we're
these barleys arc growing we'll. and
many many OF them far better than that
There seems to DO no doubt but that
almost any kind OF hardy barley will
grow on the Pampas. md tho expert
new future for the highlands Of Peru
The soil OF the plateau Is almost free
from stones. Its soil Is rich. that OF
IS composed of tho shrunken basin of
Lake Ilticsca, and there nre millions
Of acres OF It which have never been
doubtful whether my OF IT has ever
been thoroughly fermed., The Indiana
ro depth of SGeo Gu" rh 'sS
have huilocks to drag them. and farm
tho same way they. did generations
good crops. and with deep plowinG
large. crops of barley might be pro-
duccd.
talked With Mr.. Harlan about the
gether out on the plain. and no showed
me the sod. II is n compact turf made
the Md oiover .Sas e o mSsd w tbs
ground.
=, It , seemed to me very poor. but Mr..
o Harlan and SAYS r. that tho sheep and npa-
though II Ia short for the cattle.
Leaving this place, we went 20 the
grassplots whero experiments are
different parts of the world. There
saw American timothy and red clover
sprouting through the brown soil: I
were growing luXuriantly, and also
plains, as we'll as one of the families
nf IA In n INT fhrtx
plateau OF the Rockies. So far the
e e.. are not advanced enough
to make S decided h predictions. but there
mcnt can be produced by new seeds
from abroad.
where the moisture Is supplied en-
tirely by the rainfall. This is scanty,
of various kinds and 1t Is question
whether with dry farming 1t would not
be sufficient for wheat; 1t relates
mostly to the pampa. which is $4,000
1t is different where the soil can DO
irrigated Everywher" along the rail-
Andes there are irrigated valleys. On
the western slopes the water supply Is
poor, and the streams are small. but
II little water makes the desert 81 gar
den. The Chile River Is ono strip of
green ali the way from the sea TO tho
tops of the, Andes. and about Arcumipn
the vegetables and fruits of the tropic
and temperate zones.
Crossing over the coast range and
coming into the plateau. you find cult
waited lands along both sides OF the
Nilcanota River all the way down TO
Cnzco. The valley In the plateau Is
In fact series OF little gardens OF
Eden. the water being carried out over
them so that II falls from level TO level
The fields are in terraces that are now
green with iuxuriant crops. In COM
Ing here To Slcnuni DnlchRS
OF barley. potatoes and beans; and also
hundreds Of little fields OF Indian corn.
OF nay knee in the high attitudes but
to the height of my shoulder where
the lands are n little lower and consc-
quently warmer.
In the valley of Cuzco. which we
shall 20 through Tomorrow. the crops
iherc almost ready for harvest. rh i.s
lands Of these valleys look very dif-
fed alone by the rains. The irrigated
lands are exceedingly valuable. They
have all been taken up by the whites
or the Cholos. and are exploited by
Them with Indian labor. Here tho
lands arc often divided by mud fences.
the villages made Of mud huts which
are occupied by the Indians, who do
the hard work. on the nonirrigated
piutcaus the land yields much less and
inc greater part OF them are given over
10 pastures. Here you find hundreds
Of Indian sguatters. each OF whom has
his little mud hut, with corral or
SO made OF stones or mud into which
his nocks are driven at night He
may nave two or three acres OF pota-
toes or quinua. and perhaps a small
patch OF barley. but as rule the crop
Is grown only TO supply his own needs.
The methods Of farming are rude TO an
extreme. but the patches seem clean,
ana me inGians work very hard,
Inc Chicf Industry OF this great
plateau Of the Andes Ia tho raising OF
stock have seen millions Of sheep