The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-02-20

~ AitefuAio iaYrf1 vito a hHlnF com
posed ~ hashed chicken. fried onions.
chopped c,icry. olives and "a abun-
dance Of the spiey chilli The huska are
tied At both ends. and tie iamalea.
heated either By scanning or being
PLACED in an oven.
Tue chilies are prepared FOR use By
boing cut open lengihWise and soaked
10 boiling water. The inner iengthwlss
Niringn are removed and thrown away.
and The skin thoroughly scraped Of all
edibls material. which, after being
strained through a sieve 10 remove the
seeds. is ready for rs work Of spicy en-
bellishmcnE
Tho peppers mostly cultivated In
Southern California are the species Cap
slcum annum, and As they grow luxari-
antly and bear profusely, their planting
- profitable The plants grow low In
the aelds. something like potato vines
The leaves are narrow, dark green and
mostly giabrous, and Eprout from many
forklng stems The white flowers
bloom or solitary o. cymoss-clusteTed
pedicleS
In the spring. after the winter rains
have ceased, the pepper seeds are
planted. The plants require no irrlga-
tion- The cost Of planting averages
$3.50 an acre. and al the end Of the "a
son. when the harvest Is complete. the
produce from one acre amount 70 about
800 strings. which usually sell al rs
cents a string. bringing the producer
ths neat little sum Of secs an acre.
In the most favorable localities where
there is no frost the plants win produce
for two years. but they are very suscep-
tible 10 chill and invariably witner un-
der the earesses Of Jack Frost.
Spanish and Chinese are the greatest
producers and 3 tranquil pig-talled &c
l~estiai. with bis ~wasonload Of bright
peppers. is q 0 an infrequsnt sight on
the country roads Every Spanish
household has it's " small patch Of
peppers the harvest from whleh deco
rates their homes and warns their food
The peppers ripen in September. and
hang like crimson c-ornueopias among
tia dark foliage OF their mother plant
AT this time, when Nature has
completed her artist work, and the
peppers have attained ths proper
tlnge OF crimson. the pickers
an assortment o. men OF various
na~tionaliiies. In which Spanish and
Cainese predOminate. enter the field
with tubs. boxes, or baskets and the
harvest begins.
One conscientious worker viii pick
solt 800 pounds OF peppers a day. Into
wagons the peppers are tossed in blush
Ing confusion. and carted from their
home environments 10 a place where
striuging is done.
Spanish women Cock In to help With
The s,ringing - captivating senoritAs
With witehlng eyes and coal black hair.
but also massive. plnmp seaoras, who
have forgotten the arf o. Witchery and
romance In their laps they hold 9
long, narrow board. in one end Of which
r. a small block that contains a groove
for supporting the long needle used 70
string tbs peppers. The nsssle which
Is Is inches In length, IS PLACED uprlghi
in this groove. and tire peppers after
being pierced through the stem. ar,
packed closely on the needle ia the form
% a stay. % that the air and san car
Ech them mors eaectivry When
aeedle Ia full Il Is raised from TIE
groove. ana the peppers pushed down
IN the string the uniform length Of
rach string being 10 feet The women
racolve from 3 70 S cents a string for
heir work
whon the strings arc first placed il
ne sun they average % pounds In
seirht but after they are thoroughly
dry and suitable Tor shipping, they have
dwindlcd 10 a weight Of 8 pounds
The strings are hung up % dry, and
when one knows that The crop q pep
pes IN Southern California This yea
has run up lnto tens o. thousands o.
strings, and that all hese suiugs ar
festooned over buildings, fences anS
racks in the localities where they ar
raised. one can realize the festive aspcc
q the country