The farmer and mechanic., 1915-02-16

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All or the sheep are pedigreed. and
III the sheep stables we saw some Of
the prize animals. They are kept in !
great pens under roofs Each pen is
about fifteen feet square ap-& there
are about twenty sheep to the pen
There are also thoroughbred Angora
goats
During my visit | was driven out
through the fields in which the fine
breeding animals are kept The fields
are IN squares and some Of them are
10 acres in extent They are so ar
| ranged that there is well and q .
| windmill for every four fields The
| windmill is inside q ring and the gates
| from the field open into the ring so |
| that the stock from each field can
| be kept separate when driven in for
| water. The arrangements are such
| that the estate can be handled with
comparatively few men. 1t now en-
ploys only 200, but a larger number
! OF these are taken up in the care of
the stables and Of the park and gar
denS and the service of the family
On some Of Mr.. Pereyras other estan-
cias, that have from 10000 to 10000
cattle, only one-third as many men
are employed. There the cattle run
about as they please, ana the only
thing to be done is to see that the
| fences are kept UP and that nothing
| happens to the stock.
l asked as to wages. and the ma jOr-
doTno told me that the ordinary poems
get forty Argentine dollars month";
and the headmen $50 In addition
they have their homes rent free on
the estate, each family having from
seven to ten acres of land for its own
! use, and some grain and corn for a
: few pigs and cows. Every family
!. has two cows for milking, and it also
| receives an allowance of meat accord
7 n ha Civ of ho fa i]r ho
> family is large this amount may be
, ten or twelve pounds per day. and if
= small only three or four pounds Two
u u animals are killed every day for the
= = use of the estancia alone.
IL AS we rode from field to field the
: ma jOrd ONO told me how the cattle
!. y are sold on the estate. The agents o.
{ the great packing companies come
:, out and the stock is brought forth
y y in large herds. There may be thou
- sand in a single herd, and the buyer
may take the whole thousand or ht
may select only seven or eight hun
. dred. He buys what will make tn
best chilled beef and pays by weight
| The average steer on the hOOf will
- bring from 100 to 200 pesos, or from
- $50 to $3.50 of United States money.
"a AS far as it's fine stock is concerned
|
-. best of the republic. It is devote
% rather to breeding than to the raisin
~ ~. Of beef, and the animals born her
~ are shipped to the other estanciaS c
10 -; the owner to improve the stock. Som
10 Of those estancias have thousands
- cattle which run practically wild. an
"a the only thing to be done is to loo
~ cut and see if any be wounded {
;o1 killed. The animals eat out Of door
la as and the meat is nearly clear prof
-; On some of the Pereyra farms the
&c have large fields Of alfalfa. The
o1I is one Of twenty square mil
which is altogether alfalfa. 1t is use
for stock raising.
In addition to the pedigreed an
au mails required for improving tt
mt stock. are those which are sold
ais the stock shows. The Pereyra he
me has often led at such shows and it
oI now especially famous on account
Wo Americans. That bull was born
% the 18th Of February, 1911. He "
'lo. the son Of Centennial Victor a.
ass Ravenswod III, and he has pedigr
the running back to the fifteenth gener
ton, his fifteenth at-grandfath
teu in order Of his birth being nam
Ael julius Caesar.
ons In addition to the Pereyra esta
cias there are many others in the
S, puDhc tnat are famous Aot .nei! II
ow cattle, horses and sheep. This is Q
was of the chief grazing countries Of
but WOrlo ana tne lalLleis dle sleau
no improving the stock. They are ps
tha ing enormous prices for fine bulls a
,rth rams and have been spending f
the tunes IN Dr1nsihs III il,le plout ~
urn STOCK from Ehsialio aliu rance. l 9
ring Manuel Copo' WHO ne1o an estate
her. 25.OVV acres. ne ieoe,Iy Aiupo,
that pull named NuluS lid. COS.
;aca and Hereford bulls that each c
from 81 1000 to $4,000. At one ii
: he imported flock of $50 head
nerd Lincoln sheep, from Wlici. ne ona Llas :
,ked one DuIl tIdt o,ougHt WV.
at raises only Pure-oie ca ca,.no no dlu oll
COWS and mas on MS eslalcld ovv peuisI
died shOrtnOrn catee, ~ shoi tiol4 o