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taining recognition for the academic de- 

 grees which had been granted by the School 

 of More and as result of his labors secured 

 the validation of his own degrees by the 

 University. Thereupon he presented him- 

 self in competitive examination for a pro- 

 fessorship in the School of Agronomy in the 

 University, but failed to win it. A little 

 later he entered a new competition for the 

 chair ot Agriculture in the Provincial In- 

 stitute of Oriente Province, which he won. 

 After four years he entered a new competi- 

 tion for the chair of Agriculture' in the 

 Institute of Santa Clara, in which he was 

 successful notwithstanding that among his 

 rivals was the famous Cuban authority on 

 agriculture Don Juan Bautista Jimenez. 



At this time he was appointed by the 

 government of President Estrada Palma, 

 although he was a political opponent, Com- 

 missioner to study the Naudet system, 

 upon which he published a pamphlet de- 

 signed to prevent the landowners from 

 loss and injury by adopting the new 

 method. 



In 1907 he entered a competition for the 



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