The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-05
TEA AND COFFEE.

The total importation of coffee in the
United States for the year 1876 amounted
to $50, iS9. 24G pounds, and cost the penI,lt
of this country $50. 1SS, 097. The value o!
the annual importations of tea into I'll,
COUNTRY from hin and Japan amounI .
about sen, O00, 900, gold. The Depart .
81 Agriculture has OF late taken muci =
10 enlighten the American public o.. I.
possibilities of raising coffee and tea az {
tain parts of the United States. In F.usih
aud Lower California wild coffee grow 6
great abundance.
Costa Rica coffee has already been pl,rtee
i'll California with very satisfactory results.
'"rSiin portions OF Texas, which enjoy Q
climate c,aracie rized by neither extreme
'.rat nos cold, but possessing a fair ...noun,
at humidity. are deemed especial, adaptec
20 the cultivation of coffee.
The department is investigating the on.
.'itiois of soil and climate essential T. Chs
Successful growth of coffee, with In. .IaM
"I pronot. ng the introduction of tn .rani
IN yurious parts of the country. IL , "a.
iiesed by those who ave carefully s;uiiet
the question thar coffee planting cat lltiin
n'cly lie made very profitable in certain
portions Of Texas and California. 1t il
usual to piaut about nine hundred trees t.
She acre, and the yield of n good season and
NJ thiS number OF trees in full bearing Il
bout twO thou sand pounds.
The pamphlet of General lie Due, Com
missioner OF the Agricultural Department
"n the advantages of raising our own tea
has been much commented on by the press
lie is a perfect enthusiast ON the subject
and believes that it can be made an indus.
Try of immediate advantage and proht il
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Nir
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor
via Alahuna Tpnnaagae KantnpEy Ar
kansas, Missouri and a portion Of the Pac:i,
coast. General lie Dues views on American
tea culture are strongly opposed by Mr.
Dodge, the Statistician of the Agricultural
Department, who ~pronounces the Genera
a speculative theorist, protests against en-
barking in the experimental cultivation O.
tea, and insists more especially that n,
portion of the appropriation annually mad,
TO the department be devoted to developing
the theories of the Commissioner in con
nection with acclimatizing the great Chimes
staple on American soil. 1t must not, how
ever, be forgotten that the British govern
ment long g began the cultivation of tel
in India, and labored hard to make thr
Indian article popular in England. In tn
last few years Indian teas have rapid.
grown in favor and are consumed to sucl
an extent as to MAKE q serious inroad upo!
the Chinese trade. English merchants il
China say that If the Assam INC other Indial
teas continue to grow in favor As they hav
already grown there will be no market II
England for Chinese teas by the end Of tn,
century. Notwithstanding the ridicul,
which has been cast upon General LIE Duoi
plan Of planting tea In America we reall,
see no reason why his prophecy that we vii
one day not only raise our own tea, but en-
port considerable quantities to foreign coun
triao ohan Not rr1ttrnaNa1, aaw,4 . - ,Nana
We have, if we may credit General Ii
Due, great belts Of country admirably
adapted to the cultivation of tea, and wi
have in addition, over one hundred thou
sand Chinese spread through California
thousands Of whom must be familiar will
the cultivation of tea. What better us
can the Chinaman be put to than that q
initiating Americans in all the secrets q
successful tea planting?