St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-25
MONEY IN A MEAL.
Growth OF the Different Vtands In
wolves an Outlay Of $JOO,-
OOO,OOO.

Recently q man who is fond of arith-
metic made up his mind that he would
find out how much a dinner really cost.
He at first ascertained that the dinner
he was eating cost IS cents, presumably.
He contradicted this and then made out
the following statement about the cost
Of that dinner.
The pepper, he said, came from 10000
miles away. 1t grew on a bush eight
feet high, which must have had
growth of at least five years. The pep
per was picked green; it had to be dried
in the sun, and this meant employing
women. 1t took one ship and 1000
miles of railroad to bring the pepper
to the United States.
Th -four of which the bread was made
came from Dakota; some one owned
the land, and that meant the investing
Of capital, and he had also to pay
wages to workingmen. The flour had
to be ground, and the building of the
mill and the plant, or machinery. meant
more money invested. The millers had
to be paid, coopers had to be paid for
making the barrel, and, Of course, the
wood Of which the barrels were made
had to be cut and sawed and shaped,
and this meant the employment OF
more men. Then, the flour had to be
shipped over the railroad and handled
again by cartmen before it came to the
house.
The tea on the table came from China
and the coffee from South America.
The Goldfish had to be brought froIa
Maine. Men had to- be employed to
catch the fish; other men and women
were employed in drying, packing and
boxing it, and it, too, had to make a
long railroad journey.
The salt came from the Indian reser-
vation in the northwestern part OF
New York state. The spices in the cake
came from the spice islands in the In
dian archipelago. The canned peaches
came from California, and they, too,
represented the employment OF capital
aud labor. The little dinner represent
ed, directly or indirectly, the employ
ment OF $500, 900, 900 Of capital and 5,OoO,.
600 men.-Memphis Commercial Appeal
FIorida May Farnish the Cigars.
The Cuban war has done one big
thing for this country 1t has compelled
recognition, indirectly, Of the value Of
Florida lands for the production of the
finest tobacco in the world. In the
course of his recent trip to the south,
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson was
astonished to discover that 16O, 200, 600
Havana cigars were actually grown and
manufactured at present on the Florida
peninsula. Already great areas in the
western part of the state are planted
with this crop, and extensive arrange
ments have been made for its introduc-
ton into the central region. Thus, it
may be expected that before long Flor
ida will rival Cuba as a tobacco pro-
ducer, in respect to the quantity of
yield, while the quality of its cigar Leaf
Seems TO be quite equal to that of the
famous Vuelta Abajo. All the condi-
tions of climate in Florida favor the
production of the highest grade Of to-
bacco. The soil is much like that OF
Cuba. and. by the aid of the system OF
spraying that initiates natural rainfall,
the plants are ripened in As days after
they are put out. Tobacco can be
grown almost all the year. and crops
can be set out in every month nearly
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Heat In Woods.
Contrary to widespread belief that
hard woods give more heat in burning
than soft varieties. it has been shown
that the greatest power is possess ed by
the wood of the linden tree, which il
very soft. Fir stands next to linden,
and almost equal to it.-Chicago Trib
une.
Ne Comfort.
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