firefly initial steps made in Argentina "the breadbasket of the world" 
For Orfilio Aguilar
These lines, means "sown broadcast, are for the sole purpose, remembering that sleep, a little, forgotten, and which, in some way - Initial steps were taken to make our country the breadbasket of the world. "
try to assess the slaughter, fighting spirit, the faith that motivated the unbreakable will of those men with the most rudimentary traced the first furrows, breaking the virgin soil that was delivered, he received from those calloused hands the grain of wheat, the grain which, in the future that came true, became the bread of humanity.
My father used to say that, when young, operated a farm in the area Pigüé, explaining the sacrifice that was to be conducted to prepare the land in those early years.
In the early days, were used araditos of handlebar. The performance of these did not, a day after a heavy task but very sacrifice, as the person who drove had to follow step by step the progress of the horse that threw it, without leaving the handlebars, so that the plow out del surco.
Posteriormente, se introdujo el arado “Oliver Carro”, llamado así por tener lanza. Igual que los carros, se ponía un caballo de cada lado; la mencionada lanza servía de guía para que el arado no se desviara del surco. Este elemento de trabajo tenía una sola reja. Estaba equipado con asiento; ya el conductor no seguía de pie´.
Después, se fueron incorporando los arados de dos y tres rejas; pero, siempre, esta tarea fue un sacrificio, sobre todo en las mañanas crudas de invierno, ya que había que atar ocho caballos entre tronqueros y cadeneros. El hombre que lo conducía sufría los perjuicios del frío; la única forma de mejorar esta situación era tener surqueros good horses, taking advantage of this, the man dropped the plow and kept walking, reaching around the amelga, and so on.
Once the task of the day and evening, they proceeded to sharpen the bars, hard work, rough, another example of sacrifice that was to be conducted at that time. Once
plowed the land with so much personal effort, he was already able to start planting.
By then he had made the curing of the seed, to avoid, where possible, the damage that caused the "smut." This work was done in a very rudimentary. The product was then used copper sulfate; This was dissolved in water, about 10%, and before that was buried up to half a barrel, which he had removed the top, there was preparing the product, with the liquid until slightly more than half . Once ready
this, wheat is divided into half bags, these one at a time, were introduced into the barrel, this is placed above four nails in order to place the bag open and the operator with a stick moved the cereal for the cure cover all the grains.
That also took the opportunity to do some cleaning of wheat, thus moving the cereal, grain or straw chuzos floated on the liquid, with a sort of sieve, manufactured on the farm was removed all wheat being better able to clean.
finished this task, the average bag was removed from the liquid, placing it on a plate prepared as a conduit, well, the liquid ran down the same, it returned to the barrel. After this work was done on canvas stretched on for final drying.
planting, as my father in those days there was a "broadcast", ie a man on foot or in a very gentle horse, planted wheat, half a bag carrying it. The step, took out a handful of wheat, which threw the air, so to cover two and a half to three meters wide.
Behind the planter, was in tow, for the purposes to cover the seed and thus avoid damage to the birds. These sledges were made of wood and had teeth fixed, they threw to the girth of the horse he rode the crawler and a sidekick. In those distant years, knew only two varieties of wheat, "Barletta" and "Russian."
To harvest was used gleaner or tying machine because you could use the two forms: the short spike pins only, which by means of a riser, unloaded from the cot in the car, this was a kind of wooden lattice, the car was matched to the machine, once full, had to leave the place the car who was walking behind, the former should lead its load to the pile.
The binder was cut down, had a special device which was the sheaf, tied with twine, cut and cast aside.
Then began the task of stacking the sheaves, two men, as surface mulch, preparing the piles, sheaves stood in a circle and covered with up to protect others, but it rained hard, it was necessary to scatter again the piles to dry out; crowded again, are transported to the heap, for this, should be placed above the bed. The car, besides the driver, was also the shipper, this received the sheaves that reached the horquilleros who were in the stubble.
These trucks carrying the grain to where you raise the mound to start the job. Waited there for three assistants and emparvador, this should be a professional, in order to raise a family parva, without gaps and tight. He was solely responsible for the proper preservation of grain deposited there, until I got the thresher, which could take a week or a month or more, since everything depends on the commitments made in other fields.
When I got the thresher was a party, since it came a number of staff, with the machine-it was a true community. If memory serves me, the staff was made up of: a driver, a helper, a fireman, a waterboy, two stitchers, a treader yoke, a Yuguero, an oiler, two wire cutters sheaves, to enter feederhouse, "a pointer, which must keep track of bags trite and expenses, etc., a cook and four horquilleros.
Once started in the place called thresher stowage, it was made this way: they tended two rows of pockets along with the required amount for the length of the pallet, was placed third row in the middle of the previous to give the stowage of a pyramid (and had to finish). In this way, if it rained, the cereal is not wet, because the falling water flowed through the fabric of the bags.
Jorge Jacob and Elisa Streitenberger. Don Jorge cemented a rich family and social history. Are remembered anecdotes and stories and his love for music. As also left a large progeny that reveres his memory. 
'60s: The Brothers Roberto, Ruben and Hugh Haffner, playing in a Russian truck. 
Grade 5 School No. 5, 1992: Roberto Weinbender, Hernán Schwab, Mariano Beratz, Vanessa Gaab, Erica Berg, Andrea Schwab, Jessica Alarcon, Lourdes Arce, Veronica Denk, Roxana Montedeoca, Marina Navarrete, Diego Burgos, Mauro Sosa , Emiliano Henrich, Werbag Mariano, Roberto Salvatierra Juan Cruz Sauer, Martin Ravainera, Mario Ullmann, Walter Seit, Marcela Jungblut. Professor Matilde Beltran. 
Photos 1 and 2: Julius Caesar 
