El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

which has corn possibilities equal to those
: Of its wheat
Flour is Exported.
Argentina is already exporting flour It
3 has now three or four hundred flour mills
with an output OF about 100000 per
annum- There are IS mills in the province
OF Buenos Aires. and altogether two or
three billion pounds Of wheat are annually
one Of the chief milling centers IS away
] down on the Atlantic ocean at Bahia BIau-
I ca That port promises to be the Mime
I apohs OF Argentina II IS grldironed with
/ railroads that embrace a large grain region.
I and from where wheat and flour are eN-
ported direct 10 Europe. The exports have
I doubled in value during the past four
years, and are now more than 500. 900. 900
per annum- The chief railroad companies
which have loading capacity Of 50 tons
per hour
Bahia Blanca a Wheat Center.
Bahia Blanca is one Of the rapidly grow
ing towns OF Argentina Its flour and
/ wheat are the basis Of its prosperity. and
/ lt promises 10 be a great city 1t has
] already about 100000 Inhabitants and 1t
viii have three times that within 10 years
I from now. The real estate transactions OF
/ q single year have amounted TO so. 900. 900.
| and the exports are steadily growing. The
/ flour made in Bahia Blanca is excellent.
I and % viii compare favorably with that
Of the United States or Europe.
/ There is fire undevelOped wheat re-
} gion south and west Of Bahia Blanca 1
4 have been down in Patagonia and visited
the valleys Of the rivers Colorado and
Z Negro These are large streams and their
! fan is such that they can be damned and
9 irrigation be made possible for a vide dis
] lance along them from the Andes 10 the
I Utah or California.
UndeTeloped Land on Pampas.
There is much undeveIoped wheat lands
/ in the pampas. and leading authority es-
Inmates that the republic has about 80
million acres that can be devoted to this
! crop The present crop can be doubled by
0 % o. 81. lar q 90 q
] agriculture is encouraging this through its
{ experimental farms
! The average wheat yield Is now only a
| little more than II bushels per acre. and
/ this in contrast with our II bushels per
/ acre and the 30 bushels per acre which is
I the average yield Of England and Ger
/ It is only on certain OF the large estates
[ managed by the English and Argentinos
I that wheat farming is scientifically done
Most Of the grain lands are in the hands OF
( Italians. many Of whom farm the land on
/ the shares. doing their work in the most
sloFenly way great deal Of the grain Is
I sown broadcast and that upon ground which
I IS only half plowed. the wheat being
dropped upon the cl0ds.
Some Primitive Methods.
some Of the farmers drag bushes over
She fields and others use harrows on the
I small farms the blowing is done with bull
I locks, which drag the plows through the
/ burrows by a yoke attached 20 the horns
But Few fertilizers are employed. and the
I only idea Of the Italian seems TO be to get
the wheat into the ground After that he
! sits down and waits for the CROP
/ The weather is such that blowing can be
done here at any time Of the year and as
/ a rule the land is first broken in February.
/ March or April To get the best results
\ there should be a second blowing, and this
! should be deep. and the soil should be well
| narrowed before the wheat IS sown
! The average seed sown IS about a bushel
OF grain to the acre. The seeding time
! begins about May Is for the central part
( Of the country. and IS later and later as
one goes south In Patagonia the seed is
: often put in during June or July, and
I some times as late as August
Crop Grows Rapidly.
The crop grows rapidly and along about
the middle OF November or December fl is
ready for harvest About f0ur-fifths Of all
the wheat Of Argentina is cut and threshed
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