Mr. Kenneth Morrison, one of the first settlers of Puerto Natales, specialised in growing oats. He started by clearing fields, a difficult task, because of the quantity of trees and roots. With determination he completed this work, bringing the fields to excellent condition for the cultivation of oats, a cereal crop which was very hard to obtain years ago in winter-time.
Nowadays, many settlers plant oats, and it is a rare piece of land around Puerto Natales that is not used in this way.