. A complete geography. Fig. Indian hut on the Amazon. 316 SOUTH AMERICA jSTame valves of machinery, and as an insulator around wires and cablesother uses of rubber. Coffee coffee tree is a native of Abyssinia inAfrica It was introduced into Brazil in the eighteenth century,and has proved so successful that Brazil now produces more thanone-half of all the coffee raised in the world. Coffee is cultivatedall the way from southern Brazil to the Amazon, and it is estimatedthat there are fully five hundred million coffee trees m Brazil Fig. part ol the city aud har
. A complete geography. Fig. Indian hut on the Amazon. 316 SOUTH AMERICA jSTame valves of machinery, and as an insulator around wires and cablesother uses of rubber. Coffee coffee tree is a native of Abyssinia inAfrica It was introduced into Brazil in the eighteenth century,and has proved so successful that Brazil now produces more thanone-half of all the coffee raised in the world. Coffee is cultivatedall the way from southern Brazil to the Amazon, and it is estimatedthat there are fully five hundred million coffee trees m Brazil Fig. part ol the city aud harbor of Rio de Janeiro. Coffee raising requires great care and expense. The plant must tave, warm climate; it cannot stand extreme heat or frost. The soi mustL faSle rd tie plant must be protected from winds. It grows best ataltitudes of from fifteen hundred to forty-five hundred feet ^^The small white flower grows in clusters and the ^-IjXl «elustered looks somewhat like a medium-sized cherry. Inside of the huskale wo ke^el with the flat faces together. The berrres are prcked, dn d,u the sun and hnlled by machinery, the picking being done from April:se;trier\fter beJig sorted in the cities the coffee is supped ibass Formerly most of the Brazilian coffee left the poit 01™°*jIkiro but now more than half of it is sent from Saktos. Coffee isthe rncipal export of Brazil, and much of it comes to the United States. 1 ABGEXTIXA 317 Other Industries in Brazil. — On the highlands of Brazil, wherecoffee raising is carried on, other crops are also pro
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