Concepcion to Santiago

After our day at the No Till School we loaded on our tour bus and head back to Santiago the capital city of Chile.

After leaving Carlo's farm yesterday we drove by a grain field that was cut and put into stooks similar to what my Great Grandfather did in the early 1900's. The only difference was these were all done by hand and my Great Grandfather had a binder that was pulled by a team of horses. This field had recently been taken out of the forest and still had 2 foot tree stumps spread throughout the field so I am sure this was why everything was done by hand. It is interesting to see the vast differences in production methods in this country.

On our way back we stopped at a John Deere dealership. It was quite a change to see nice new shiny tractors, as we sure hadn't seen any in the country. The one thing we noticed was the lack of used equipment at the dealership meaning once they sell an item it goes to the farm and stays there.