The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-06-22

extracted. Two auehracha trees
a ton. Will yield about 1900
pounds of extract. which will tar as
much leather as three or four tons OF
oak bark The extract is made into
solid cakes, which are To a
liquid as needed"
is there much money employed in
n quebracho industry" asked.
Yes. the capital invested runs high
into the millions. We have one insti-
tuition known 81 the F'orestal Land
Timber and Railroad Company that
has a ca pitalization Of seven and one
half million dollars. Ii owns in the
Chaco more than two million acres of
forests and rents a half million acres
more. 1t q four factories for max
ing QuebraChO extract. and uses some
thing like a quarter of a million tons
or logs every year. 1t supplies 1000
600 ties annually to the South Ameri-
can railroads. That EN-
ploys 1900 men in its lumber camps
and factories. and has something like
$4,000 animals to get out the logs and
for other work. 1t has also railways
and steamships.
There are a half dozen large que
braCho companies in Paraguay. with
capitalization ranging from a quarter
Of a million dollars upward. The
Puerta Sastre of Asuncion has almost
81, 600 900 capital. and the Rio de Ia
Plata Quebracho Company has about
$500. 600 invested. The QuebraCho for
ests sell for something like s., 600 a
square league. Some of the lands be
long to the government, and the pres
ent policy is to lease rather than to
sell Them"
| asked Mr.. Curran as to the intro
duction of American lumber into the
basin of the Plate. He replied that
the most of the lumber now used in
this part OF the world comes from the
United States. Some Of it is shipped
from Puget sound and the Columbia
: river around through the Strait OF
: Magellan. and some comes from New
England and our Southern States. The
cost of getting out the native wood:
is such that this can be done at {
l profit. The lumber comes in ship
loads of two or three million feet. l
. is lande at RuenoS Aires and theme
. exported to all parts of the country
Jour common pine sells for about 1
cents a foot. oak brings Is cents. an'
E other Woo i'll proportion. Thes
: prices are less than those at which tn
native woods can be sold. One
for the high cost Of the native tim
= Der is the ack of railroads., and an
L other the primitive methods of gettln
II the timber to the market. Many Q
liz lOSo u ~ -
carts to the streams, and thence Shir
. ped ON boat to the market Th
" axes used are of a we'll known Ne
England make. The handles are {
IS hickory. They also come from tn
D, United States.
In some places the lumber is save
IF out by hand. In this case the log
propped up and one man stands on tt
is top Of it while another is below. Son
s. of the trees are very crooked, and
l. is almost impossible to get Straig
d. boards from them.
d I find great difference of opinie
~ here as to the future of the Chac
Sc Some say that the country a
IT much swamp that it cannot be va
liable, but others describe vast trac
i'll of lc wlands covered with grass and
re highlands that can be turned in
ne farms. There is no doubt that Il
ne Argentine Chaco has some excelle
ur sail, and it is known that the AN,
is nearer Bolivia are fitted for grain
.rt and farming. The Americans w
lis have settled in the northern part
h the Paraguay Chaco are enthusiasts,
as to the fertility of the soil. In
# recent interview Tex Richard sa
he that a family can easily be supper
as on ten acres of land. He declares tn
nv bananas, oranges and pineappleS gro
IN with but slight cultivation, and tn
k. ooHic hdiA1I CoIH VIII ylcIU TWICE
. much as in America. He says tn
ar hogs thrive. They begin breeding
IT, a rear old, and feed themselves I'm
az they are ready for market.
% The climate Of h ChacO is &
~ scribed as being healthy and agre
.ar able. 1t is tropical. but on the war
81 est days there is a light breeze fro
the south which makes the SUNNI
nights fresh. The winters are pie;
ant. There is but little frost and
never SHOWS.
le- -
On the other hand, some say that
oSt ChacO is all that is bad. John Eos
.r. Fraser declares when our ancest,
eS, invented hell they had no knowleC
nd of the Chaco." He says hat it is
lng swamp and forest, mosquitoes and
rly yer, and in addition there are India
ties who will put a spear into the back
YES the white man they can