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00Q-aere ranch of Dr, j, J. OnriP Ines Corr.:indent/ of cagua, gets a good shower bath
(teeright of picture) before entering the Milking p arlors, Cattle 'with as lAttle. white as* possible arc
prpfered . since the hlaeker beasts, survive better in the hot c'limat'e, ,
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This young man .ts washing One ,of
the bulls on, the, ranch of Senor
Gonzales de Castro, Tills' is Ills
only duty and he spends his whole
time washing these animals, lin
such temperatures. no $5. ,degrees:
and over the bulls really enjoy
theft baths.
. Bel) -Carbert,' well known farm [potatoes and fish train the .nlar
editor .of ONINIX, radio aria titnes,.
vision stations recently returned $Deci4i. i fiw;lo *.t.ad been erected
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gathering film and inferrnatign Tor deck housed ,P13 animals each and
use on hisoown farm programs, .two, structures forward well
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was away he took ..over 40Q still': along' the bottom to permit .clean.
Pictures and about •11,00 feet of in out and _doors along the upper moving. picture filzrr>„
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sol:dreVe.onftiltahteionTsedlise• open,
fitted With tarpaulins in case of
bad weather, .''odderwascarried
on the eentre of the fleck under.
Over of tarps.,
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;'his building provides the feeding facilities for the cattle on a large
dairy farm. All feed is brought .to 'the cattle rather than permitting
;he animals to graze, Perhaps yon-can distinguish the strings...which
hang from the roof. They are soaked in a special fly-repellant and
here is seareely a fly to he seen by, the visitor.
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An unexpeeted.sight was an Angli,
can 'Church „in the centre of the •
city with services ijsted as above.
No Losses at Sea
Work with the cows began at
5.30 a.m. and usually kept the men
busy until eight or nine in the
evening, By the time 'the shipment
reached its destination fourteen of
the cows were milking. There were
no fatalities in the shipment,
which is -considered better- than
average good fortune In 8. trip of
thili duration.
A few hundred miles •out of
Halifax the weather began to
warm as the vessel reached the
warm waters of the Gulf Stream
and from that point on, fine wea-
ther prevailed. The trip occupied
14 days In all, of which 12 were
spent 'itt sea,
A second atop for cargo was
made at Cuidad Trujillo, capital of
the Dominican Republic, where,'hy
coincidence, a military revolution)
was in. progress. Bob went ashore,
and. strangely enough found no'
interference of any kind, and even
took several pictures, including
government buildings andthe
walled fortress in which political
prisoners are held,
One point of interest' he visited
was the centuries old cathedral
which houses the tomb of Christo-
pher Columbus, discover of Amer-
ica.
Milking goes on all day at this ranch (Dr. J. Gonzalacs _Gerrondona.) where the milking cows
number 200. Beet of the shipment of pUrelarecl 4 Holsteins went' t9 this establishniene. Sargc
Oiikikoe. milker is tiger?
medical specialists in. the city and
is in charge of obstetrics at a very
modern hospital.
Senora de Nedderich took the
Canadians to many places of in-
terest in and around Caracas and
added a great deal to the pleasure
of the entire journey,
Following examination and clearing by p veteriLary surgeod at Mont-
'cal, the cattle were loaded aboard ship. At La Guaira a double hoist
was used, and they were unloaded N-vo at. a• time. The woman seen
iere, PaSsenger, tobk a' im view, of the cargo of cows.
Reach SIMI_ America, "
First sight of South America
came as the ship emerged from a
fog just off the port of La Guaira
where 'the cattle were unloaded for
transport- to the inland farms
which were to be their future
homes. Fiorn the seaport a super
highway runs through the moun-
tains to the capital, Caracas, a few
Bob made his trip as 0/1,0 of the
men Who looked after a shipment
of Holstein cows from various
Ontario farms consigned by Hay
F'arnas Ltdo, of Oakville to buyers.
in South America,
He joined the shipment at Oak
ville to ,take the 87 animals through to Montreal by rail, The trip,
which was to have taken only 18
hours turned put to be a 38-hour
jaunt without food or sleep. At
Montreal he met the other two
Men, one from. Ottawa and one
from* Renfrew, who made up the
party of sea,-,going herdsmen. ,
Before the cows were loaded
aboard the Norwegian freighter
"Sunland” at the Pert of Montreal
they underwent a rigid inapection
by a veterinarian, one of Abe ani-
mals being rejected. By this time
a replacement was available—a
calf which had beep born after the
shipment left Oakville. Before the
'ship reaehed'ifs destination .an-
other 12 calves arrived, four of
theihborn at night, to 'add to the
duties of the attendants,
Norwegian Crew
Beli speaks in the highest terms
of We Norwegian officers and
crew of the Surdand, an intelligent
and likeable group of seamen who
extended the finest kind of hos-
pitality to the Canadians. Only one
memi.er of the crew Was not Nor-
wegian, a' Scotsman whp said he
61 .0' wants to sail .on anything
hut Norvveglan vessels.
Food and• accommodations were
of the very fineett and a color pic-
ture of one of the dining tables is
enough to make one's mouth water.
Regular fare included eight or
nine kinds of 'cheese at a meal, .
After the ship, left Montreal a
stop was made at Halifax, Where
additional cargo was taken aboard,
The Cattle were carried as a deck
load. and the holds were crammed
with a mixed load of general mer-chandise, mannfaxitured 'products,
in-
land to the farms which had -
chased the shipment of Holsteins.
standing of agricultural methods
Bob and his friends travelled
pur
aSoixntey-ttho rethee.ofzootibiearaie
In order to get a closer under-
limratchV
Senor Gonzales de Caitro. This
farm feeds 200 milking, cows, the
miler inland. The road was built 'dairy products being marketed
at a cost of several million dollars chiefly in the capital, The remain,
a,•iiiile.der of the shipment went to the
The capital city is One of the 2,000 acre ranch owned by Dr; 4:.-J1
most up-to-date in, the western Gonnzalaes •Gorrondona.''The owner
ibalni,sphere,; containing: \;ery. of !'thia.,ifarfcl ealr„ hen& of: the;
latest in traffic control, sports ;agricultural ;b ink of;
Stadia hospitals', Hdinsitig is 'amid'. the ranch is Managed by
being itnproved, at a. tremendous
rate, as new apartment buildings
are constructed and the slums are
torn' down.
Many of the improvements
throughout the country are from
the vast income from 'oil which
provides the dictator and his gov-
ernment with the finances 'for
large-scale developments of all
kinds.
bi5v;,iitg,Vri Caraeas is the latest thing iri Modern traffic - 'control, and architeCtere.7o.The , two :t ,t .
kiiVings; at centre are ociipied by' the administrative corps ,of the dictatbrial governmept tind',are named
att'er \ Sirrion Bolivar, .the hero of South•American indeperiden6e, North American ;influence, is evidenced
init h . • e' sign on one Of,the latiildings.',
ithf, ' , ..
veterinarian,
,The, visitors, took many pictures
at both these Places to show the
up-to-the'-minute methods which
are employed. Milking at the ranch
goes oh all clay,:the cows ,being
handled in a. modern milking pat:-
ler. Virst, they are gathered iii .a
washing pen, where' they are
sprayed with Water under 'pressure
to 'free ettiem of vermin and duet.
Then they vvalk a ramp, and
Into the parler itself, where an
eight-unit Surge milker takes Cate
of four coat at a time. Plastic
pipelines 'Carry the milk to the
separating unitP-
The herd bulls are kept in a
separate •pen and one of the erne
ployees works foil time Washing
(Please turn tO page ten)
Visits Frances Currie
One of Bob's most interesting
days 'was spent in the company of
Senora Frances Currie de Hedder-
ich, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. R.
A. Currie, of Wingham. He has
several pictures of her beautiful
home, ,with its backdrop of.moun-
tains, as well as her farnily. Her
husband is one" of the leading,
Looking down on ono of the .cattle 'sheds aboard ship you can see the tarpaper covering over the pens,
with, canvab side pleces,that can,be let down in case of wet or rough weather;The hatch is seen in front.
ire the PovertY and' no,r buildings seen in cuff ying sections, there is probably no mom modern
orchiteetUre anywhere in the world than the beauti full buildings seen here in the; Wish-less section of
, A • uaracaS. oe
The first 'sight to greet the traveller's eye as-a ship comes into port at
La Outfit.% is this group of shacks built on the slope. of the Mountain.
Modern facilities here are nil and even water has to be carried un Ito
the homes, quite a chore for the Women who 'are Unfortunate enough
to Jive. ih‘the upper section of the settlement. •
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Oil the left 15 a View oi 'tin. cattle pen aboard ship taken from the front. The picture on the right shows
the rear view ,of the same' shed, constructed with an, upper door which is opened here for ventilation.
A lOwer door, which opens upward is used for cleaning the pens.
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'his adobe type hut. is Mote common in the outlying districts than
the w,Orkers''homes on i the ranch of Seiler Gonaitlea de Castro. TheSe
huts are Made of Mud and straw, being 'Mixed by the Man at the
Wheelbarrow, and applied by his companion to a bamboo framework.
The houses have no WintiowS, Total of 'lice 4pailfah tylie Shops isthis one With its strings df pineapples
Oct Pepdi`Cdht Obits, A bird Cage also hangs overhead« •
Pictured at, left Is housing erected for the workers oh the ranch of Senor Gonzales de Castro. The
families Fire filet only 'provided with a hbase, but also the ehleiten house,' The picture on the right is the
owner's borne,
the doorWay
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