Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-26
How Coffee Ii Cultivated.

THE manner Of cultivating the coffee
plant varies but little in the several Cen.
trail American States, aud q short sketch
Of how their favorite beverage Is produced
may be interesting to all good coffee drink
~ The coffee beans are first planted id hot.
beds, from which, In few months, they
sprout, and shoot up five or six inches hip h,
when they are removed singly and taken
to the fields which have been prepared to
receive them There the young sprouts
are planted anew, In rows, with q space OF
from four To six feet between each plant
For two years they need no more care, ex.
cept an occasional blowing out of the
weeds which spring up around them. The
third year the plant IL from three TO four
feet high, and Csfninences TO bear, prOduc
ing about pound Of coffee fruit Each
year adds to the size and productivenefi
Of the tree, till II reaches about ten. feet In
hcigh t, after which Il gives. q product Of
from 20 to 30 pounds of green fruit.
The coffee fruit resembles In shape, size,
and color 4 plumn cranberry, and grows
clinging closely to the small, lateral
branches OF the tree 30 that the hand can
Atsonce strip Oh the 10 or more berries q
branch may bear. On some plantations,
the trees are dwaried, for the double pur-
pose OF increasing the ifuitage and facili-
tatipYt the picEnk.4 = n ifGi +
The time Of picking the crop varies, &C
cording to the locality, but ranges from
D. cemlet TO March. I When the fruit IL
ripe, all hands are employed-men wo-
men, and childron-snd as fast ~ picked
the berries are sent To the mills. which,
arranged something like corn-shellerA re-
move the lpulpy coverlngs-leaving the
kernels, which ale Immediately spread out
In the sun TO dry. At this time the skies
are watched carefully, and In case OF rain,
the kernels are rapidly gathered under
shelter, 40 rain upon them while drying
would csn6c - irreparSblD Injury; and,
on some pl4ntatlons, machines for dry ing
by hot air have been Mtr0dHced. After :
few days IN. the sun. the kernels. become
dry and crispy; they aYe then thrown into
circular trough, and large wooden rollers,
shod with iron, crush the shell, Aud l;befAte
the two beans which each she'll containA
The hAAn has 81 ahother c0stipg1-lN akin
which 10 the hardest of oil to remove,
but, through Ions. continuet sttfition with
'the Iron sh6d rollers, this, also, Ii mostly
removed, ana then the tanning mill cleans
the bean by blowing away the loosened
ekjn and broken shellA eailop Yaa /
But the, most expenslve part Of the
process 10 now to comAl BefDre long ~
Ill 9 cit the-aativsA yopag and old, chat
telirg, laughing, and singing ~ they
work, ann on thtse tables are poured the
beans a. they Come from the fanning-miu
Each Indian holds basket In his or her
lap, and with both rhanda rapidly picks
out, separately, avery perfect bean. till
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