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causa de la subida en las cotizaciones del azucar de remolacha que tendra lugar 

 para la zafra proxima. Los precios del azucar de remolacha de la zafra pasada 

 no variaron mucho durante el mes, pero han estado siempre a un equivalente 

 mayor que el precio cotizado aqui por los centrifugas, por lo que la importacion 

 de azucar de remolacha ha sido nula, y es muy pequena en la actualidad. Un bien 

 manejado "acaparamiento" por parte de algunos especuladores, de contratos de 

 azucar de remolacha para Septiembre, hizo que el precio subiera en los dos 

 liltimos dias del mes a 14s el quintal, pero la cotizacion para Octubre abrio a 10s. 

 lO^d. 



Los cargamentos de azucares de Java que vienen a Uenar el periodo de 

 •escasez, no son grandes, por lo que es probable que los precios se mantengan 

 firmes hasta que comience la nueva zafra en Cuba alia en Diciembre 6 Enero, 

 cuando las primeras ventas se haran probablemente sobre la base de lYi cents. 

 6 mas, costo y flete, polarizacion 96°, segiin las circunstancias que imperen entonces. 

 entonces. 



El huracan que paso por Louisiana y destecho muchos almacenes de azucar, 

 no parece haber dahado la caiia parada en mas de un 3%, si bien es posible que 

 el rendimiento de la caha se haya disminuido en otro 3%. Esto deja todavia una 

 cosecha que se calcula sea de 340,000 toneladas de azucar. 



El mercado de azucar refinado se halla al presente en condiciones muy des- 

 ventajosas en cuanto se refiere a la utilidad para los refinadores de azucar de caha. 

 La diferencia en los precios de los azucares refinados y de los mascabados es 

 en algunos casos solo de 0.61 de centavo en libra 6 sea menor del costo corriente 

 que se calcula por refinar el azucar. Esto es debido a que las fabricas de azucar 

 de remolacha en todo el pais han tenido una abundante producci6n de azucar de 

 remolacha granulada, y el haberse puesto a la venta ese azucar a precio muchisimo 

 menor que el mas bajo cotizado por azucar de caha grunulado. El azucar de 

 caha granulado se vende ahora a 4.90 menos el 1% en Nueva York, y el azucar 

 de remolacha granulado se cotiza a 4.75 cents., neto en Nueva York. 



Nueva York, Octubre 2 de 1909. 



Amount of Water Needed for the Maxi- 

 mum Development of the Sugar- 

 Cane Plant. 



From Bulletin No. 17, of the Estacion 

 Central Agronomica de Cuba, on Irriga- 

 tion, by J. T. Crawley, director, the fol- 

 lowing notes are taken : 



The Hawaiian sugar planters have probably 

 done more and better work in irrigating sugar- 

 canes than any other people, and therefore the 

 experience acouired in Hawaii as to the amount 

 of water required for the maximum development 

 of the cane will be of interest in all sugar-growing 

 covmtries. 



In Hawaii it is not known just what arnount 

 of water is used per acre, but a good approximate 

 estimate may be arrived at from the known ca- 

 pacity of the pump, and of the streams supply- 

 ing water for irrigation. 



Where the annual rainfall is so inches or less, 

 it is estimated that 5,000,000 gallons are sufficient 

 and this is equal to 184 inches of rainfall per 

 annum. The 50 inches of actual rainfall and the 

 184 inches supplied by irrigation give a total of 

 234 inches. 



The greater part of the rainfall in Hawaii comes 

 during the winter, when the rate of growth of the 

 cane is not rapid, and the evaporation from the 

 soil is comparatively slow. 



In Cuba, on the other hand, the larger part 

 of the rain falls in the summer, a season of great 

 heat and rapid growth and rapid evaporation, and 

 consequently at a season when it does the greatest 

 amount of good, with the result that 50 inches 

 of rainfall in Cuba is generally of greater value 

 to the crops than the same amount would be in 

 Hawaii, and consequently the need of irrigation 

 will not be as great in the former as in the latter 

 place. 



Cane is a crop that needs for its best develop- 

 ment a large amount of water. It is given as the 

 opinion of the writer of the bulletin that 100 

 inches of water, if applied at regular intervals 

 and in quantities proportional to the needs of the 



cane, would probably be sufficient, but that with 

 the loss experienced in the surface run-off and 

 seepage, at least 125 inches are necessary for the 

 full development. 



Some modifications of these figures would 

 however result if the nature of the soil were 

 taken into consideration, since the power of ab- 

 sorption, retention of the water by the soil, 

 and the nature of the subsoil are factors that 

 would somewhat alter the local conditions. 



Church Work on Sugar Estates. 



The great sugar estates of Cuba offer 

 exceptional opportunity for effective 

 work by the church. The employees 

 on some of the estates number thou- 

 sands, and the heads of the companies, 

 chiefly American business men, show a 

 gratifying desire to care for the moral 

 and religious welfare of the Cubans 

 workmen and their families. They have 

 come to Bishop Knight at Havana ask- 

 ing that he recommend Spanish-speaking 

 clergy and teachers to live on the es- 

 tates and carry on among the people 

 what to all practical purposes is effective 

 missionary work. The bishop is doing 

 his best to take advantage of these op- 

 portunities, but finds himself hampered 

 by the lack of Spanish-speaking Ameri- 

 can clergy. — The Churchman, N. Y. 



The Tingura Sugar Company has been 

 authorized to extend its telephone line from 

 the sugar mill "Tinguaro," to the one called 

 "Nueva Luisa," in Jovellanos. 



