The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-02-23

four years after they have hoo.
moved from the nurseries. WHORE AZ
grow In. wicker baskets. under 49,
The fruit, when ripe, is red ana :.
sembles a small cherry, or cranhs-..
In general appearance. The coS.,
which we see In the grocery storp /.
the seed Of this coffee berry
Normally each berry contalna IN.
seeds, fiat on one side and rounded -
the other, the fiat sides being tore,hs,
The seeds are imbedded in A stIes,
whltish pulp. and are further thsm
selves surrounded by two enyeloOs,
Before the coffee bean can be m,
upon the market the outer GOVERNS,
the pulp, and the two inner coyerIDS
must be removed. II Is CUSTOMARY "a
classify the methods Of preparing COZ
fee for market into the wet and N.
dry. They are alike, after a certain
stage, and there is disagreement anon,
experts as to the relative merits Of N,
two In producing the best coffee. In
the dry process the berries are dried
before the pulp Is removed, and then
outer covering, pulp, and inner cover
lngs are removed together. In the wei
process the pulp is first removed in
water, and the drying and removal q
the inner envelopes come later There
is no absolutely hard and fast rule 10.
yariably followed on all fazendas
alike, In the preparation for market Of
the coffee beans.
A considerable water supply and a
carefully planned system Of small
canals and OF basins Is needed In the
wet method, and II Is partly for this
reason. MS well as because OF the
preference OF some fazendeirOs for
the dry method. that the wet method
Is not everywhere In use.
Harvest Lasts Several Months.
The harvest begins In May and lasts
into August, or even September This
Is the dry season, SO that the weather
conditions are very favorable, not only
for the harvest itself, but for drying
and transporting the crop after Il has
been gathered. In picking the coffee
the boughs are pulled down with the
left hand and held ut the outer end
while the right hand is run along the
bOugh from the base to the tip, thus
stripping OFF the berries as well as
many leaves and twlgs. For the up
per branches rude step-ladders are
used.
The usual method Of harvesting
to let the berries, twlgs, etc, fall d.
rectly on the ground, where they are
later raked together with wire rake'
with rounded teeth, and the first rough
sorting Is made - The next stage Is q
winnowlng by means OF wire sieve
the hand being used to pick out the
lwigs and leaves and the wind blow
Ing away good deal Of the dust "
the contents Of the sieve are thrown
up into the air and caught again sew
eral times. In less common methoa
the results OF the harvesting are A.
lowed to fall into cotton cloths spreau
our underneath the trees. This makes
the gathering OF the crop quicker lns
berries are then assembled In SACKS
From this point on the berries aI'
rqbJected to various mechanical ueaf
ments. Under the ''wet method tney
are washed, churned with hoes a.
lowed TO soften. and are then Iun
through mechanical pulper. Inv
seeds, still enyelOped by their lhn',
skins, are strained from the mus"
resulting from the pulping operations
and are then placed In basins TO ie'.
ment slightly SO that any remaiIn"s
pulp Will be loosened. They are tne"
spread out OH large paved surfaces ~
dry In the sun. When properly drleu
the seeds are gathered mp ana ruu
through Ingenious machines when ruD
of the skin. The particles Of SKIN a'e
slfted and blown out and the eon''
beans-hulled, cleaned and sor'eu
fall directly from the last machine ln.o
the bags When these contain 10,
pounds each they are sewed up ""'
are ready for shipment TO market
Along the roads, deep in red dusH
six or eight yoke Of oxen draw 'ns
neavy wagon, loaded with the precious
sacks, to the nearest rallroad station,
In cases where the railroad does ~,
come directly into the fazenda' ~
often does.
on to the south 20 the trains n' ."
to the city Of Sac Paulo, ana w. .a
down the steep eastern slopes OF '"s
Sierra do Mar 10 the worlds fal,oes
cofree port lin Santos, cofee "usS
lutely dominates the lives OF the ~
pie. Coffee is everywhere-on ~ ~
streets. In the warehouses, on .s
train. Every one 10 busy with eO"'-