Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-22


y cutler is the recipient OF an In
,erostlng letter from his son, Herbert
Is cutler who IL at Tampico, Mex In
,yblch the young man says
.,uere ia one Of the most promising
.,rts of Mexico. Here In land that Is
20 every way the equal OF that on the
ir,nto rNor for all purposes except the
nu,lpg of rubber trees, Rubber trees
80 nat been tried here, but II IL
,Tonobt the light frosts that sometimes
.'rise mis- latitude would endanger the
saants though II the trees once got
lp,arted there would be no harm done
bao, nv frost such as they have here
s,He losl frost was four years ago. II
"a ma damage except 90 orange bios.
onre ana lust touched the leaves OF
n,nano trees. Rubber trees grow Wild
a"annd TuXpan, 30 miles south OF here,
",,J could be cultivated very success
"rilv bnt the transportation facilities
aro not ms good there as here. All kinds
~ Fruits. coffee, sugar cane, banana
troes and pineapple also grow there as
nav do here on the Panuco. But on
,bis pantlco river is the one place where
would Ike TO get hold OF some land,
and / am going TO investigate things
thoroughly along It's banks d couple OF
hmndrod miles up before returning
home IL is navigable all that distance
and much farther for big steamers. The
railroad Is not far OFF at any point ana
the climate Is perfect. AS | said, RUB
her had not been experimental with,
Inf / believe II could be grown, and as
for coffee and bananas ] want TO give
Won few facts in regard TO them
coffee trees are planted from 400 to 600
IA the acre, sometimes more, ana Dear
from ~ to ~ pounds TO the tree each
year The cost Of clearing land, plant
ing and so on Is put very conservative
~ as follows, in gold, Say you started
nroperly with 100 acres of land, costing
20 per acre (high estimate) ..,.,S 200
EXPENSES of first year In prepare"
lion Of ground Of nursery 30
Cost Of plants ,.,.,,., -, ,''',''' wv
Transporting plants and planting
etC,,,...,,.t. 60, 49,. ''s'''.,'''' lOV
cost of houses for lab0rers, salary
of superintendent implements,
otc -, .,.......... 500
natal eypenses first year 100
EXPENSES Of second year
cost OF clearing land for trans
Dlanting,t 80 ss' &C., s'''s'''s'9 puY
pionting g0 600 stakes for plants. 80
nriiIing holes for plants ........ 70
TranspIantng and wedding ..u" 500
Salary Of superintendent and other
expenses .,,''.''''''' "''''''''' oVo
Total for second year -. SOOO
The expenses OF the third year viii
include machinery, yoke Of oxen,
building for machinery salary Of SUI
perintendent. cost Of picking crop Of
coffee Tor then the first crop viii be
had, $4,000.
Expenses for fourth year will be
about $4,000,
Total expenses for four years, SlO,l05
In the third year each plant VIII yield
ounces Of coffee the 1000 plants Civ
INK 1900 pounds, at 10 cents per
pound ..... ..,..,., N,2O0
The fourth year will produce co.
700 pounds at 10 cents per pound 5000
The nfth year. 100000 pounds at 10
cents win be $4,000 less ex-
penses, 5OO".",,.,.., .,'..',.' TJOO
sl4,7OO
Thus at the end Of the fifth year tie
yield Is, for the three years the plants
have borne S14,7O0. The total outlay has
been ll0lO5, There remains then after
the fifth year net profit of N595. And
from then on the 10000 plants, at a very
low estimate will produce 2 pounds
each or 10000 pounds, which at 10
cents per pound, would be $4,000, and
the expenses being put at $500 each
year would leave a net profit Of $1,000,
or over 70 per cent a year on the
money invested And these expenses |
have placed rather high so that | am
sure there would be more profit In cof-
fee than this shows. One authority
says It costs about 81 silver TO raise,
pick clean and sack coffee, and that |
the selling price at the plantation has
ranged at about s27 silver per 100 |
pounds for the past three years
Bananas can be raised at big profit |
also, An acre Of land VIII produce