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Professorship of Rural Economy, etc., in 

 which he was successful and which he now 

 occupies. 



He was appointed at the same time by 

 President Gomez, Director General of 

 Agriculture, and in this position he set up 

 the six model Agricultural schools which 

 Cuba has and in which 180 children of rural 

 Cuba are annually taught, clothed, and fed 

 by the state. 



Under the administration of General 

 Gomez (1908-12) Comallonga was also ap- 

 pointed Commissioner of the Cuban Govern- 

 ment to study agricultural instruction in 

 France, Belgium,Switzerland,andtheUnited 

 States, publishing a report on his return. 

 He set up in the Department of Agriculture 

 the Government agronomical service and 

 the National Agricultural Laboratory. At 

 the end of General Gomez's term of office 

 Comallonga retired from public service to 

 resume his chair at the University. 



In 191 5 he was appointed by President 

 Menocal, Delegate to the Second Pan- 

 American Scientific Congress, held in 

 Washington; President Menocal also in- 



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