. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . Near the Crest of the Sierra. more or less extensive scale. Sugar production, in particular iscoming rapidly to the front and the apparently authentic figuresthey give you of the profits of certain haciendas, fairly make thehead dizzy. But the diversities of agriculture, such as we arefamihar with in the United States, are not found here on an ap- 98 A GLIMPSE OF OLD xMEXICO preciable scale, and some branches are unknown altogether. Forinstance, I might mention
. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . Near the Crest of the Sierra. more or less extensive scale. Sugar production, in particular iscoming rapidly to the front and the apparently authentic figuresthey give you of the profits of certain haciendas, fairly make thehead dizzy. But the diversities of agriculture, such as we arefamihar with in the United States, are not found here on an ap- 98 A GLIMPSE OF OLD xMEXICO preciable scale, and some branches are unknown altogether. Forinstance, I might mention one of special local interest—that ofdairying—so far as butter making is concerned. No butter, tothe best of my knowledge, is produced in commercial quantitiesin Mexico. In my travels, I have never seen an ounce of thenative product. All of it comes from Sweden in tins of from aquarter of a pound up. An ocean of this stuff is used, althoughit is a terrible poor substitute for the fresh article, and sells at thedizzy price of $ per pound, silver, or about eighty cents of ourmoney. Now, while the country on the west coast
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