. Facts and figures about Mexico and her great railroad, the Mexican Central . WAITE, PHOTO. COFFEE. tion. Here coffee of the finest quality grows more luxuriantlythan in any other part of Mexico, and, perhaps, than in anyother part of the world. Already great progress has been madehere in the raising of coffee. The planting during the past threeyears has increased at the rate of sixty per cent each year. Thetown of Xilitla, forty-five miles southwest of Valles, is the head-quarters for coffee producers. For several years the value of theannual exportation of coffee from this region has exceed
. Facts and figures about Mexico and her great railroad, the Mexican Central . WAITE, PHOTO. COFFEE. tion. Here coffee of the finest quality grows more luxuriantlythan in any other part of Mexico, and, perhaps, than in anyother part of the world. Already great progress has been madehere in the raising of coffee. The planting during the past threeyears has increased at the rate of sixty per cent each year. Thetown of Xilitla, forty-five miles southwest of Valles, is the head-quarters for coffee producers. For several years the value of theannual exportation of coffee from this region has exceeded twomillion dollars. Coffee seems to be indigenous here. Trees growing wild inthe forest give very good crops. During the forty-three yearsin which the coffee berry has been raised here there has beenbut one crop failure. That certainly beats the Kansas record oncorn, and demonstrates that the conditions here are all favorableto the growth of coffee. Some fabulous stories are told of pro-duction here, but we are not giving fables to our readers. Theprice of land in the Hu
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