CHILE 
75 
Stock raising is increasing, especially to the 
south, where sheep are profitably grazed. 
The latest census gives the number of cattle 
at 1,900,000, sheep 5,000,000 and goats 300, 
000. Much wool from three to four-inch 
staple is produced, last year 20,563,833 pounds 
being exported. Dairying is rapidly grow 
ing. Bee culture is becoming a permanent in 
dustry, there being 90,000 hives in Chile in 
1913. Much honey and wax are exported. 
There are millions of acres of virgin forests 
of valuable hard woods in the south, the north 
being a barren, treeless country. The chief 
trees are the Chilean oak, the rauli, elm, cy 
press, pine, cherry, laurel and of late the 
eucalyptus is being propagated extensively. 
Some industries such as shoe factories, can 
neries, breweries, distilleries, sugar refineries, 
cracker bakeries, and the like exist but their 
products are for local consumption. 
The fruits of Chile, such as the cherry, 
peach, pear, apple, nectarine, plum, apricot 
and melon, are the equal of ours. Inasmuch 
as the seasons here are reversed, these luscious