The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-08


give. .. a.l,t,f4ate dissertation III .
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Wood .tUa tangled vines -. r. -.
aeH It's depth liz -h4i. ..a3 .....fft.. /. II
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ever ~ 9r.,iifi.u mas - Ent .4stf. i.
uoceul of auE crfrl.naI 5nf..nf, t
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paths. .ud te -..Iu9pl I-ltI. af,f5.....,
where rest tnosc member az Ill. f+r-
lilies of tie governors s,ha died III tl,.
island $o wonder Ru.tc41aIg f. t.I.
Mcce,t - the bat.ufyt and fF- ,.
spot meyer Ht..l,tt,,i as ..sel4 tff s..slg..t
tourist ia the island
lava reminds one of Iat.au In -a,.|
appearance Of its rice fields its cutie
yatcG hills and itS ierfaceJ naunt:...I|
sides Though tine island is dfminutit,
ia area. containing "a flfIlr less tuau.
10000 squar. mites. hatf If winch ie
tiiiaate tI, lana is "a .N5e..Iy u1,I .tr..t
II SUPPORTS Il population ~ u 900 600
With 50 many mountains aa1 glIth Il
rainfall amounting to ten feet per am
mum in some places the island has a-
might Be expected an aBunlaucc OF
springs and running streams ana.
these make possible very perfect.
system of IRRIGATION which B#e N,.,,
verted Java INTO a vast garden sugar.
. - It't GIlIt1 export followed iIN-
coffee and copra although rice ia tha|
product To which most attention 5s
given. II T. tha cher artiala ~ r.,,5
ana 50 much is required to stlpport
the dense population thai il irnpoI.t
ance as Il o,op is nor Indicated by ite|
place III the table OF exports
As a traveller is more impressed by
/ the unusual things than by lhjuasI
With which he is familiar. one ,.hoi
visits Java Immediately notices the
numerous fruits peculiar to tha leland
I Thcv nave here au or tn. ,t,ti.e lstl
|aIly found IN tropical countries anal
.EeyclaI THAT are not found elsewhere
The Pine ppIe grows IN peI.altjnn .,i,, "A
/ can DC lou1Et in ,ht marker fn. #batif
Ia cent apiece. The Java orange is not
/ equal IN taste or variety Ia those of
1alliorAl2 or FLORIDA, but the banana.
/ OF Which there are more than 100 Va
1tIe&, makes UP for the deficiency. /
! Mrs Seiomore. in her book on Java.
/ Is authority Tor the statement that 4
/ 600 pounds of banana VIII 2rou. ON th,. !
space II. .u.r"d to produce - pounds |
OF potatoes ~ 33 pounds Of wheat. iTi
her calculation is correct ana the ratio
of proluctiycness anything IKE theI
same in the case of ofaef. frtIit one
can understand why the probIaIn ocI
living IS 50 sinp!ihed ia warm conn !
tries.
= fruit closely altin3 ia ,4.,. c,,-.,,..- /
frflit - rof,n1 l,etr. !, ,.,,.i.s,- r ,-.l,-t, /
grows in Chime and Iara., M. ~
ts..Il which tea Gr.-, ti.t.4 =. 49,
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f.a-r.a !, ~ LhiI;,.,,.
N9nir. arl th. ,l,,,f, tf
bnuot,f IN ia. ,,,.,,.i,at -. m
na,4asl f..-it h. .I,,..,,.'l..@l :, -.
int, ar,iant fri,,'l - -, - - -
crjtf,. 80 t.,,,i, li'-
ia go = So, i,,.I - '
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~ .,,1. 'o'h ''iN ''ltsi' - ui anu
ny ~.
-f'lolS tne lIuitS when We nave
tasted lof the FIRST time the mango
Steeh ana the rdnputau are rivals ia
popularity. The first is deIicateiy (
1IaEored. or&GS~-sfI4pei rigTssl of 20 H.,
WhIte, eacaSed in ii thick hull of a..ea
red. i me-ts in tu- mDutl aud leaves
q memory OF mingled fdyorS. Its fame
mas spread abroad, and there s-4s for
years standing offer Of 80 to any i'
one no would put queen Victoria In
possession OF a ripe mangostecn. out
II decays 50 quickly that not even ice
VIII preserve II during long sea
voyage The rambutan has not re-
celNed as much praise rs the mango
Sleeh, out / am not sure but that il is
superior for continuous use. The word
ldldba'ah means hairy aGd the name
bum exeenr mai t5s. -",-catla., 49,
are soft instead of epfl5a-#fk. tn.
has q .,..nrbeI ,..,.,,.i,.., t,.itt,..,, ~
hair-li,<4 proi,.tior. ar1 ,tf - -.
= .3T,Ilr.,,,i..f...z- N, - 1-
(Which mems GaIJl laraIi,,fs7 ~.