The Andes of southern Peru . omes the arduouslabor of the grinding. This is done by hand on an inclined planewith a heavy round stone whose corners fit the hand. The choco-late must then be worked into cakes and dried, or it must besacked in heavy cowhide and sewed so as to be practically airtight. When eight or ten years old the trees are mature and eachmay then bear a thousand pounds of seed. If labor were cheap and abundant the whole trend of tropicalagriculture in the eastern valleys would be toward intensive culti-vation and the production of expensive exports. But labor is ac-tually scar
The Andes of southern Peru . omes the arduouslabor of the grinding. This is done by hand on an inclined planewith a heavy round stone whose corners fit the hand. The choco-late must then be worked into cakes and dried, or it must besacked in heavy cowhide and sewed so as to be practically airtight. When eight or ten years old the trees are mature and eachmay then bear a thousand pounds of seed. If labor were cheap and abundant the whole trend of tropicalagriculture in the eastern valleys would be toward intensive culti-vation and the production of expensive exports. But labor is ac-tually scarce. Every planter must have agents who can send mendown from the plateau towns. And the planter himself must usehis labor to the best advantage. Aguardiente requires less laborthan cacao and coca. The cane costs about as much in labor thefirst year as the coca bush or the cacao tree, but after that muchless. The manufacture of brandy from the cane juice requires lit-tle labor though much expensive machinery. For chocolate, a. -5 ?;; 5 ^ r^ oS ^-^ at E^ oS ^ tn «3 bJD o 2 +^ ,£3 o O O 3 (U CS CO H C3 o 6p Im o d £ OJ ]S 3 s rt tA o ci -i-> o > C3 5 ^
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