The farmer and mechanic., 1915-08-24

has been recommended by the presl-
dent. This provides for public road
congresses 1t recommends the estap-
lishnent of a permanent road fund OF
something like So 200. 600 with eXIen-
sive plans fer the constructing ana
keeping the roads in shape for
period of ten years. If this passes IL
will make the total fund for road I'M
provement something like s3,0oo,ooo
The government has already public
road bureau which has built many
macadamized and other roads within
the past few years. Roads have been
macadamized, new roads laid out and
a large number of good bridges con
structed
The importation Of good breeding
stock is also encouraged and the de-
velopment of a dairy industry is we'll
under way. There is one dairy far M
that covers an area of something like
1900 acres 1t has 5000 milk cows
and it's creameries, supplied with
steam driven machinery, are of the
most modern type. There is Swiss
colony that is building up dairy in
dustry The dairy factory of Breuss
milk daily, and produces about l5,oto
pounds of butter month.
The Uruguay government is en-
couraging tree planting and forestry
The greater part of the land is tree
| less and this is especially so OF the
central and southern parts of the re-
public. The government has one nur-
! sery that makes a speciality of shade
trees, trees for lumber and seeds fol
| forage crops | have before me the
prices per hundred trees. Eucalyptus
from one to three feet in height, sci
| for $4 hundred: two-year-Old pines
81: acacias from 81 to 81, according tt
| size, and oaks one year old, $40
Satinwood trees bring SO, plane trees
| S4, and SycamoreS, from So to 81
| MontevideO is a town of syCamOres
The trees grow we'll and many of th'
streets are shaded with them. In ad
dition to the trees sold many are givel
| away Within the past year the gov
| ernment nursery has donated 200, 00t
| shade trees to the various cities ant
towns. The country has an arbor day
| which last year resulted in the plant
ing of 10000 trees 1t has holiday
for this purpose along lines follOwe'
in the United States. All kinds Q
| trees are admitted free of duty
Within the past two or three year
the republic has established a fis
commission somewhat like that c
ours. An expert fish culturist ha
been brought down from the Unite
States and a fishing institute estat
lished They have now fleet {
fishing boats and hatcheries. The
have a seal industry, which is to b
supervised and protected by the ir
stitute, and every effort is being mad
to increase the fish supply of til
country.
A concession was recently granite
|
. fishing and canning plant on an i:
land near MOntevideo. The island bt
longs to the government. 1t ht
given the company five acres of Ian
4 for the erection Of it's plant for
term Of twenty-five years and has al
. thorized it to erect the docks and shiI
building yards necessary for its built
= ing.
/ The company agrees to spend n
: less than 100000 in fishing boat
e canneries and cold storage plants, al
agrees to bring to Montevideo #
daily sale in the open market at lea
: Onehalf Of the fish now consumed al
: to sell them at prices to be fixed sem
| annually by the government.
t This fixing of prices and the go
S ernment regulation of business was
n pet scheme of the past president. Wi
e other things he wanted the COVER
It ment to take over the whole packil
e industry of Uruguay and run it f
y the benefit Of the people Urugu;
: has now about 100000 beef catt
t, and it has a number Of large factOri
IS for slaughtering the animals and pr
h pairing their meat for the market. T
h president wished to make this a go
I. ernment monopoly, a great cover
is nent beef trust, as it We're, and tn
Q for the good of the people
@ nv,
\ The new movements Of Uruguay a