The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-17

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CHESTS Tor shipment abroad.
he ado Do Not Drink.
me chief tea drinkers cf Asia
are north OF the Himalaya noun
talns On the other side OF these hills
the natives soak themselves IN tea,
and IN Tibet and the other Asiatic
highlands the people make tea soup,
mixing the brew with milk. butter
and other fats. Down here in Hin
custan the Hindoos drink almost no
tea, and the Mohammedans but little.
The custom is increasing omewh hat
among the townspeople. But there
are millions IN India who have never
seen a tea leaf or slipped g tea cup.
over in Burma they have q way OF
picking the leaves OF the tea plant
and eating them for dessert. as VIZ
eat cheese. The leaves are thrown
INTO boiling water and left there IN
III soft They are then rolled or mats
oy hand and ra1nmed into d tube o.
bamboo cane, which is stopped VI
and buried in the ground until tht
tea has become picked, when II il
ready for sale. The leaves are ais
prepared with a mixture Of oil AND
salt, and sometimes with aSsafoetida
Il smells like liraberger cheese, bu
IL IS said to be good for digestion
and is considered u dainty. Il is use
upon ceremonial occasions. Anothe
method Of preparing il is TO throw tn
RAVES, d1lSr IASy nave DNcIl SleaItAS'
and Favored, into pits Of masonry 0
wells lined with plank or bamboo. an
then to press the tea down with
! heavy weight. The Burmese are no|
l making a half million pounds c
, picked tea every year.
I Id told that some OF the Himala
yam tribes churn tea as We churn but
ter. The tea IS mixed with soda an
( put on to boil. When il is quit
= hot butter and milk are added, an
/ the Whole IS put into q tea churI
: After it has been Well shaken abo1
2 il IS taken out with the on
D when il IS ready for drinking. II
n Tibetans and hongols serve their te
S in a somewhat similar manner usit
6 the brick tea prepared by the Ru
SLAMS.
o In a Russian re.a Factory.
e During my recent stay ii China
e went through some OF the factori
6 at Hankow, and there saw how bril-
tea is made. Hankow Is the chi
tea market Of China L IS 500 mil
c in the interior, on the wide Yangt
= river. which IS SO deep THAI the hi
n gast ocean steamers can carry tbs
s cargOs from there to every part
Il the world. The chief tea fields
south Of the Yangtse, and most
them are some distance from iia
e kOw. The tea is brought on I
y backs OF men TO the river and
y shipped up the numerous trlbuiar
le of the Yangtse. Al HaEkoW il ls pl
d pared in all sorts OF ways for
lie market. There are exporting TT
le there Who manufactures Tor I
United states, sona who deal chic
IN with England, ard also repFesen
tiyes OF the French and GerInaa l
porting houses. Il Russians ha
j, the larGest houses, and they monoE
, lize the brick tea industry, annua
shipping millions Of bricks 70 Via
yostok and Odessa, to Tibet and M
coIia. and also over the Irans-Sli
rian railroad to Russia Many
the bricks are carried part OF the Y
on canels. md not q few go oVer1a
ut into Russian Turkestan.
one Of the factories / visited g
ed cred more THAI IN acre Of ground:
as eufpIoved a thousand Chinese, ana
re had on hand 100000 pounds OF
al messed. into bricks and ready tor
mort. Thc bricks filled the whole
- Der floors of the factory, They p"
laid uD IN piles, much as we ST
he bricks for building, with naFI
nd aisles running here and there throl
itba DON Thev had been taken II