Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-09-04
THE INDIGO COUNTRY.
HOW THE PLANT is GROWN In
NICARAGUA.

ftantiuR IN 1rencnes = GatnerinR
the Stalks = Process OF Fermenta-
tion - Varieties OF Native Cotton =
The Useful CoyoI Palm.
That nort;on ~ Nico-.c,,o .xvb;eb
strstch.. = ths rorth aoss srn,ss ~. shoras
a1Taie wora,, 80 80 :; -. I~,r 81 - ors - ~ tha
hest ;nd;ro' t5ro,y;na ~r : d;str;cts ~ the
,vo-Jd rFho SSI;,rat,Si l. cooler thon that ~
tha pI.;n - - Iaon .nd T1 cnu+;nnsa .,-,s r-nv y
inc 40 az one aradnaIjv ascsnds tba
nrsds rrt;l NJ ends hi,n:elf m M, the Ma 10
80, - $3.50. ~, ,,,ha-a AZ a. 80 FL II
49, 49, ~ ,,,aasa,t nd an, tha n;ohts - cool ero,cb
for Srss R-t few ieagrss from Ieo5
an arsrr - s;5s ~ tba tail aad a. far ~
tba ave CON rsach = r;ch erreon ,, rnder.
s,rowth oove-s @ Vow claarad +. s. sn"oa mb;ch
NUN resembles the tender snronts Of ths
Ias,,.. - - - = -. az 80 -; Iii III
.siin;l;te y or Tho ;ndiao nlant II Tn MANI nj
inc h ths r;cbest so;l 4 raras,lly cIea-ed
,ard br-n+ orsr. ,..I trercho. aro A. tr,n -
tbraa ;r.tas H.. s,d ah,,,,t fr,s,t a,,a,.t
;rto Svhicb tbe sao5 AZ Il thrown : anJ M Iisfhtl, !
covered with eorth The nlan+inr =
done in Nav at tbe close ~ the drv sea-
sor .,d az sbr,,h !. raadr, 80 H. ~ :,
Angnst
The vouno busbao have 70 ho oorof,,1l,,
weodeS - ,,5oran+ an t otho, ~ ~ ,'Iants fror,
snr;no;n@ i,' and m;y;n, [ p;th +han,
wh;cS ,To,,IS ;ni,ra tha Sro,;tn % of ~.
ind;go kbo,t the n;ddla of Auo,,st
the leaves nresent ! ronah surfoce and nd
annear ~ ;f covered With q green sand
wben the stalI e ont of bv' t5s' ootbare -
n few ;ncbes above tbe oround Ieavino q
few snroTtsr rema;n;rg which nrod,sce
a secopd cro,, +ha+- is @stbsreJ obpnt two
mortbs lotsr The first year's raspIt i
usualIv small. that of the second wear
ynuch rreatey and tba third year,s i'm
reneat aftar which tbe cror d;nin;sbes
aOain until the seventh wear when the
fisJds have again to he cleared and
nIanted
Tbe c,+ nlont. oro +;ad IN hundlas
l;ke wheat in the I-ritod States and
carried ~ tba fermentat;on vat wbare
enongb water I. aIIowed 20 r,,n IN to
cover 4 then the sweTl;ng roas i we;obt-
ed down "to steen and ferment The
onJy sl;ll reo,,;rad in the manyfac+rra ;s
to be ahle 10 check tbe fermentot;on of
the nroner moment and natives comne.
font ~ do a. roco;va fro,n a5 ~ e1o Ieor
dov Wben tbe sol,t;on of ;ndiun bae a
,,acuI;ar oyroa, coIo,. n ;s drawn Eff ;rto
another yst wbere !, ia ;ncessantly ao;.
tated and beaten bv reyolv;ng fans un1fil
n chances from ;ts or;ginol Sraen coIor
to a dark bIue and tbs color;ng matter
commences ~ nrec;n;t.te Tbsre ;s a
snec;es Of a. eI;mb;na nlant Or ttba;uco ),
m ;nf,,s;on Of wbiab oraatlv fac;j;totss
and on;clens tb;s last cbanoa
The water il then drawn FL leav;no a
oranulated soft hh,a Claw which 10
Grained n bars then dried IN tho arm
corefullv seIected as tn quality and
nacked for eynort in n,cfooss If 150
hounds each or ssceropns y Forty or
tiftv wears aoo Nicaragua nroduced from
q 0o6 10 n ooo t.ceroons,, of ;nd;oo nor
annuno bnt now II nav he dorbtnd IL The
total annual nrodnct eycccds 0o0 MOST
of the fine .shaciendasu of tbe hioh
country are NOW commenc;no to grage
cattle and tbouob rnanv sf;,l re1s;n
where labor is cbean tbe ;ndigo farms
are GRADUALLY disannearino and cattle
coffee and sscacasn fields are taking their
nIace
r had two nat;ves 40 gu;dos hard y
miners whose homes were in tbc town Of
Segovia They bad been absent from
home IN the coast for n early two months
and mv mpla had 70 eyert himself ~
keep than n view The animal saemed
~ Enow that tbe Ind;ans wore ouy
ai gu;daa for wbaraver tI,ar d;ean,,aarad
Ground : ty,rr ba would take nj ] frat
aftar the,n and wo,,ld not slow down -
\ walk unt;l ba had them Il view once
more The indiana carried notbino but
. LITTLE ha1 ~ netting tbrown over tbc
shoulder confa;niney native cheese nlaa.
tains j few dirty 7.tortiilas y and Iorge
Ln;ves tsr,acbefas ), With which tbsv
cut ouav tbe br,,sb On tba overorow,
trail 81 s,shle tbe .I,, ,n,,la 70 nass
Close 10 San r., Inon 10 il Ma, Moyo ubore
we passed our first nieht i saw many
stceb;a,, trees or tba cotton baorers cf
Central America Tbcv ara MA tall. 4
saw h,,t few over N fact Il ba;abt Int
thew attain an immense sbickness Thew
are of very ran;d Growth Ana Il conse.
ouanca tba WOOD i l;ghtar and lese an
rahle thap tba cotton, wood tree fonna
aIong the YeIlowstone Rivey n nro-
d,,ces larger nods considerable oreater
II s;za thor s cb;clen,s ago that ~
sllad With = sowry s,,hstancee l;lra fioss
s;lL wh;ch i ,,sad n tho co,,nt,r 90 cot cot
ton Il With ,,s a nm T cent ~ ~ soma fna spec;.
n mems ~ American s;llr nanmfact,rers II