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...fact, it did not come as much of a surprise. The armed forces, which ten years ago were no larger than the Montevideo fire department, were beefed up in the late '60s to cope with the daring raids of the Tupamaro guerrillas. Not long after Bordaberry, a conservative rancher, became President last year, he called in the army to wipe out the terrorists, which it did with brutal effectiveness...
Troubled Pampas. Not even the traditionally quiet pampas are safe. Thomas Rattagan, 53, a rancher not far from Buenos Aires, predicted that at least part of the estancia that he has worked for 25 years will be expropriated. "A delegation of Peronistas came and demanded I give them a steer for their political fiesta," he said nervously. "Last time around, in the 1950s, I would have thrown them out. But this time there is no choice. I have to admit that I gave them the animal. You see, nobody controls Peronist youth...
...Odessa project will start next fall. Every day, 250 tons of garbage, 20 cu. yds. of sludge, and up to 500,000 gal. of sewage water will be sent to a 640-acre plot that one rancher has donated to the experiment. Other landowners are anxious to follow suit. Indeed, says Jack Dillard, director of Odessa's utilities department, "we may have some fights over people wanting to have city garbage dumped on their land-a new kind of range...
...eleven-acre test reclamation project at a working mine. The company has regraded the land and planted trees and several species of grass for a total cost of $700 an acre, which adds only pennies per ton to the total cost of obtaining coal. But local farmers and ranchers are not convinced, because reclamation is extremely difficult in the semiarid region (average rainfall: 14 in. per year). "If I used as much fertilizer as they did on that test site," says Rancher Wally McRae, "I could grow grass on the roof of my house...
...West wild again. Rustlers prowl the prairies in pickup trucks, absconding with unbranded cattle, which they then sell for $100 to $500 a head. Sometimes they kill and dress steers on the spot; at least three of the animals have been slain by bow and arrow. Says California Rancher Gordon Garland: "Cattle theft in the foothills has increased so much in recent months that ranchers are now forced to carry guns to protect their own physical well-being." Another leathery son of the soil advises: "When you catch some slob stealing, shoot...