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THE CUBA REVIEW 



The advantages of milch goats over cows, where a comparatively small quantity 

 of milk is required for family use, are many. The original cost of the goat is much 

 less. A good Cuban milch goat can be purchased from five to twenty dollars, according 

 to the quality, age, and circumstances. There is practically no business in buying or 

 selling milch goats carried on at present. A milch goat can be kept under conditions 

 where it is impracticable to keep a cow, while the cost of keeping a goat as compared 

 with a cow is very little. Goats are omnivorous feeders, eating a great variety of foods 

 and living where other herbivorous animals would starve. Still a reasonable quantity 

 of suitable food is indispensable to the development of the best milking qualities. Goats 

 are healthy animals, and in Cuba they are free from transmissible diseases and very 

 seldom sufYer from disease of any kind. Another good trait is their ability to defend 

 themselves against attacks of dogs. In Cuba, where there are more dogs than goats, 

 the dogs have learned to let the goats severely alone. On account of the healthfulness 

 of goats, and the fact that goats' milk approaches human milk in composition, the milk 

 of goats seems especially adapted to the rearing of infants. Since such a vigorous cam- 

 paign is being carried on in the United States and other countries against tuberculosis, 

 and as it has been demonstrated that a surprisingly large number of milch cows are 

 infected with bovine tuberculosis, it would seem that the selection and breeding of 

 Cuban milch goats for exportation to the United States, for supplying milk for infants 

 and invalids, should prove a profitable industry. 



For breeding milch goats hilly, rocky land, partially covered with Ijrush, is preferable, 

 for goats like to browse on brush and to pasture over dry, rocky hills. A shed as a 

 protection against severe storms when the kids are small, is all the buildings necessary. 

 Preparations should be made to feed the young new milch goats grain in order to 

 stimulate the flow of milk to its greatest capacity. The goats should be milked thor- 

 oughly and frequently, as this greatly aids in the development of the udder and the 

 milking qualities. It is to be hoped that some intelligent breeder will take up this im- 

 portant subject in an intelligent way, for there is no reason why milch goats cannot 

 be developed as well and as profitably as milch cows. 



CUBAN FRUIT, RECEIPTS AND PRICES. 



Pineapple Receipts and Prices. 



New York, July 2. 



The decidedly more moderate arrivals of 

 pineapples this week, coupled with the fact 

 that there is a good deal of demand, both 

 locally and for out-of-town shipment, for 

 good, sound fruit added to the strength 

 of the market both at auction and from 

 store. Much of the stock of pineapples from 

 both Porto Rico and Havana showed waste 

 due to the heated conditions in transit. The 

 general auction results were unsatisfactory 

 to the importers and values were decidedly 

 irregular on the small sizes, and the me- 

 dium sizes showed declines on ordinary 

 stock in some instances. At the auction sale 

 of some 12.400 crates on June 30 the range 

 was from 85c. to $1.05 per crate on the 42s. 

 The 36s sold at $1 to $1.15 per crate, and 

 30s sold up to $1.45 per crate. A few lots 

 went down to $1.15 per crate. The range 

 on the 24s was from $1.90 to $2.10 per 

 crate at auction. At auction sale on June 

 29 Havana pines sold at from 90c. to $2.65 

 per crate. The receipts for the season have 

 touched the record for importations and on 

 the whole the business has been unsatisfac- 

 tory for the shippers and the importers. 



Chicago commission houses would like 

 shippers to note that lima beans in the 

 pod are unsalable and are not wanted. 



Orange Receipts and Prices. 



New York, July 2. 

 Very liberal supplies of oranges this week 

 and the fact that other descriptions of fruits 

 are monopolizing the attention of the trade, 

 made the market close weak at a decline of 

 from 25c. to 35c. per box on all ordinary to 

 choice grades in large and medium sizes. 

 The decline was noticeable on both the 

 navels and the sweets. There was also a 

 weakness in the ordinary stock Valencia 

 lates and seedlings. The receipts for the 

 week were among the largest recorded 

 for this season of the year, the total in- 

 cluding close to 120 carloads for the 

 week. 



Grape Fruit. 



New York, July 2. 

 There was a fair supply of grape fruit 

 on the spot for the season, and prices were 

 a little irregular as to quality and condition. 

 The supply of Florida grape fruit is said to 

 be exhausted. 



If you would eat a Cuban instead of a 

 Florida pineapple, the United States Senate 

 decrees that you must pay on it a duty 128 

 per cent, higher than that fixed in the 

 House bill. — Portland (Me.) Argus. 



