Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-04-14
NO. a..

IN IabaScO, called "IabaCo de Corral y
and, in fact, that Of many other districts
can be favorably compared with the
q best grown in Cuba.
INDIGO is found wild in great quanti-
c ties in many parts of Oajaca, Tabasco,
, lucatan, Chiapas, Mchoacan, and Coli
ma. That produced in the lastmen-
toned place is considered to be Of su-
perlor quality.
/ RICE is cultivated to q considerable
extent in the Tierras Calientes, in damp
and marshy situations, and yields from
40 to 20 per cent. 1t is destined to be-
, come one Of the principal objects of az
r Hcultural industry, as the soil and eli
+ mate Of many localities are peculiarly
adapted to its growth.
Cocoa of excellent quality is found in
labasco and Soconusco, in the State Of
Chlapas, and other places in the States
on that side Of the Gulf, and perhaps
yields the best in the world.
! FLAX AND HEMP are successfully culti-
waited; the latter particularly, in the
southern districts of Michoacan, where
/ it grows even spontaneously. The pro-
duct IS very large, and the fabrics made
from it highly approved.
CoTToN.-Ihroughout the cotton-grow-
ing districts Of the United States the
cotton plant is Of annual. growth; frost
destroys it, and the planter is obliged
to renew the seed for every crop. But
IN the Tierras Calientcs of Mexico this
IS not requisite as the propagates itself,
and the laborers are only required to
keep the fields clear of useless vegeta-
ton. This production, however, is very
limited, not at all meeting the wants of
Tie factories in the Republic, and prob q
aUly does not exceed in the aggregate
over $4,000 bales Of 400 lbs. each scr
annum
CocHIsEAL-The cultivation of this
article has always been Of the greatest
importance in the State of Oaiaca. The
crop and value of it in the years 1854
and 1850 were in that State alone of
the value Of s9s3,l42.
'AS1LLA.-The vanilla bean issculti-
waited on few plantations in Oaiaca.
and also grows there, as in many other
parts OF the coast, spontaneously. in
large quantities. -In the State of Vera
Cruz 1t is extensively cultivated, and
has become one Of the principal articles
OF expectation, with a gradual increase
OF shipments annually.
HE GRAPE.-Although the cultivation
OF the vine would be- "a most important
branch Of industry, still it is at present
limited principally to the town of Par
sas, IN the State of Coallula, where cx-
ceiient wine has been produced, In
chihuahua and Sonora, however wine
and brandy are produced from thc grape.
and IN Durango, Zacatecas, and ,Jalisco'
a liquor called "MescaI," is manufac.
tured to a large extent.
MA1zE.-This plant, which is indigo
nous to America, is cultivated as well
IN the hot regions as in the temperate
and cold. 1t has q very large consump-
.ion III TINS country, both for human food
and for tattening animals. In the hot
'eSlons it produces from two hundred
'nd ttty to three hundred grains for
ZACH one planted, and in a district near
he capital as many as six hundred. In
many parts OF the country two crops arc
,aihered annually, and, i'll fact, there
re frequent instances on the Gulf coast
'hfee hargests On the same ground
. one year.
fEIJoL, OR BLACK BEAN.-In the field,
wheat and maize is sown the friiol or
lack bean, which is most extensively
ohsamed IN Mexico, and is as much of
national dish with the Mcxcans as
nc potato is with the Irish.
W HEAT Is cultivated on all the central
able lands. The best is found in Atlis-
o, III the State Of Pucbla, and in the
'rtIIc valleys between Qucretaro and
'uanaajuato, called the Bajio, where it
leids sixty bushels to one sown. In
)me parts of the State of Sonora, and
thcr sections of the Republic, tile yield
as been computed by reliable authogi-
es at nearl y double that amount.
BARLEY This grain is also extensive
cultivated on all the central table
nds with equally abundant harvests.
here Is very great consumption of it
ronghont the country, as it is one Of
e principal articles Of forage used bv
e mulcteers and wagoners for the ami
AIS oi the large transportation trains
/ REEs-Bes!des almost every variety
ft'lIt trees to be found in other parts
the world, Mexico possesses an mex
nstible source Of wealth in the natu-
products Of the forests. which fur
sh abundantly a supply Of the several
'ods employed i'll ship-buildng and
her mechanical arts, for works Of either
c or fancy.
The expectation o(s specie from Mexico,
IIcis does not include several millions
ken ont clandest!ne!y, in 1855, was
6,419,0l3
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