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

aSioSS untr westward to Malta
EroSSo' striking the northern edge of
the Chaco. When this is completed
the cattle of Matte Crosse and the
Chaco will have a haul of
only about 500 miles to the markets.
rms is about as far as from New York
to Cleveland and the freight cost
would be low. An American packing
is now erecting it's buildings
at San PaulO with the expectation that
much Of it's beeves will come from
those regiOn !
Among the other railroads proposed
to open up this territory is the system
tnat Will &c from Argentina north |
ward into eastern Bolivia and eventu-
ally be extended on to the Amazon. A
number of lines have been planned,
and when under way they will open
up a vast empire of good country, a
great part of which will be in Bolivia.
The Argentine Republic is making a
narrow gauge railway to cross it's part
OF the Gran ChacO. running from The
Parana river at ReSiStencia back into
the province of Salta, and it will have
other lines extending out from this
into n grasslandS and forests. The
only railway now in operation in the
whole territory is a line built by
French capital which connects Resis-
tencia with the Argentine system. In
additional there are several hundred
miles of narrow gauge timber roads,
made by the Quebracho n other
companies to get out their lumber
and logs for tanning.
And this brings me to the forests of
the haze They are of vast extent
not only in Argentina, but also in Par
aguay. During my stay in Buenos
Aires l had an interview with enc Of
the experts of our forestry department
who had gone to South America to
aid Argentina in the exploitation of
its timber resources. This mans
name is H. M. Curran, who is o
connected with the forestry depart
ment of Argentina. He had samples
of many of the woods of the ChacO,
and is perhaps the best posted of all
the world. Said he:
The area Of the Argentine forests
is something like ESQ, 0OO square miles
1t is twice as large as that Of Ken
lucky, Virginia and Ohio combined.
At least o~ne-fourth of it is solid timber
and h greater part of it is covered
with trees. The woods are of many
; varieties. and they are fit for every use
: under the sun. Some Of them are sof,
. and some hard. Some will tax uI
moisture like q sponge and others viii
not rot under water. Some Of thu
soft woods will float. but most of thu
hard woods viii! sink like a stone. Thu
: algarrobo. fox instance, is like oul
black walnut. 1t is very hard n i
used for paving blocks. A large par
Of Buenos Aires is paved with it. Thi
= tree grow only about thirty feet high
= and the common lot is not more thar
three OF four feet long. although i
. may be thirty inches in diameter. TIL,
lapachO is another hard wood. 1t ha
much the same properties as hickOr.
and a be used for SpokeS and WACO
n rims and for all kinds of bent work
q 1t has a beautiful grain and k
y fine polish. We have a red ceda
which grows largely in Paraguay. ]
. is used for cigar boxes. We have ais
IS s woods that are fitted for pulp. w
have altogether five hundred differen
kinds or species of wood. out so ia
the only one that e beer Of grea
!. commercial profit has been the que
= brachO."
Tell me something about the que
brachO industry" said I.
A. 1.-The uuebracho is one of the mo:
,e valuable woods of the world" said NJ
g. Curran. 1T is used for railroad tie
ye fence posts and telegraph poles. an
IN more than anything else for amin
ia and to make tannin extracts. Near1
IN all of the leather of the United STATE
ne Is CdnncO WITH QuoDTdCIO. IL CIV
the leather a finer color han can I
gotten from any other tanning ms
terial, and is now used in most par
90 of Europe"
lie "Where is the tree fOund?"
be cit is scattered throughout h TO
ests of the Chaco." was the reply. g."
ut forest Of quebracho looks somewh
like a forest of oak. The trees gro
ly upon the level land, and upon tho
IT. which are overlooked for a part of Il
bu year. Q~uebracho is exceedingly har
70, 1t Will TURF the eoSe OF an ak dHu
n fact, the WOrd quepracno means
ri breaker. When used for railroad ii
is holes nave to be bored for the spik
as for they canno be driven in as
WI done with some of the ties in O
ire country.
of The Quebracho trees are cut doV
in tho forests and carried on Mario