The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-09

ed heights of the mills rising over the
land. These mills are mostly Ameri-
can, and not a few of them come from
Chicago. They AVE a saucy look as
they stand SO prominently out on the
pampas, making one think of q little
girls head, the wheel forming the face
and the rudder the little tail of tightly
bound hair that sticks out behind.
After riding for hours through these
pastures we entered a region Of wheat
fields in~terSperSed with corn and
grass. Here the immensely was just
as apparent. The fields have thou
sands of acres, and yOu can often look
On and on to the horizon over moth
ing but ripe yellow grain. Hero ana
there We're great piles of yellow straw
spOtting the landscape, and in many
places stacks of wheat awaiting the
thraSher. l saw many American
| thrashers at work. They stood be-
| side stacks which were often several
hundre feet long, and which looked |
like mighty WindrOWS OF light yellow.
The grain is bagged as it comes from
the thrashing machine, and at the sta
tons there were long teams Of oxen
bringing the bags to the train. In
some places there were warehouses of
galvanized iron Tor storing the grain,
and in others the had
, been filled and mountain; of bags
built up near the racks. The noun
tains were covered with canvas to
keep off the rains.
AS we came into eastern Argentina
the signs Of careful cultivation in
creased. There were many fine build
ingS, the homes of the rich estan-
: cierOs, but the homes of the common
people were just as mean m Squalid
as thos we saw farther west. Most Of
the estates are enormous, and many
contain tens Of thousands of acres. AS
we passed through Junin, a town
{ which has perhaps 5000 people, +,
, asked as to ON Of the holdings near
by, and was told that they are i'm
mense. One of the most noted is La
Pastoral. 1t covers $4,000 acres, and
= upon it are feeding $1,000 head OF
= Durhams and Herefords. La Patton
g osa, another farm in the vicinity, has
f $4,000 acres. with $4,000 head OF
G stock, and a little farther on is Be!a
It Vista, the station for the San JacintC
" farm, which includes inside its fences
$4,000 acres, of which 700 acres only
are devoted to grain. The rest is in
pasture, and it is now feeding $4,000
e head of cattle, $4,000 sheep, and 1,O0(
horses. Adjoining San Jacinto is 6
little tract belonging to a young wo'
man, who so far is unmarried. Sh,
le owns $4,000 acres. and has more thar
s. 1000 acres in grain.
l. Similar farms are to be seen all tn,
a way across the Argentine Republi,
II and others are found in thu west
~ south and north. There are man.
Us within an hour or SOS ride Of Bueno
ne Aires, some of which l shall visit an.
~ tell you how the farming is o
lie But just here / want to give you
IN birds eye view of this mighty coun
- try at the southern end Of our Siste
es continent. 1t is the richest and mos
ne enterprising of the South America
republics and is fast taking it's plac
re among the great powers of the worlt
w Argentina has some of the best Ian
e. and finest soils upon earth. It ha
long been feeding John Bull with
IL spoon, and it is now reaching out t
n the ether side Of the Atlantic and be
ng ginning to feed Uncle Sam. The Ems
lish eat their Argentine steaks an
or chops every morning, and until tt
NC war began there was q line Of steam
no ers whose vessels started out fro
ie here every fortnight loaded with be,
ey and mutton for the markets of Ne
,n York. The country is beginning
ny ship butter abroad, and in the futu1
it will probably be sending us bot
flour and corn. Indeed, the fot
ry, lands of the Argentine are beyo1
er- conception enormous and they alreat
III. compare favorably with ours in the
agriculture PRODUCTION The count
put is much smaller than tha J1,it,
a StateS Int therc ara fo11or wac
ass lands and the farming conditions a
OS- haytor ,rla climate is cnob ,bo+ ca
tie and horses can feed out of 200
~ all the year round and the surnme
are hot enough to raise corn. One
ZIG the great possibilities of the future
ue in corn and hogs. As to the gra
lands, they are now producing E
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acts oN9
orn
DAD But thirst let us take a look al [
8 as Argentine Republic. You have Sc
lis it on the map, but maps are q barr
this ideality and it takes a geographer
.orn know what they mean. Let me CO