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THE CULTIVATION OF COFFEE IN CUBA 



From a Report of the U. S. Department of Commerce. 



At one time in its history, Cuba was a greal coffee-producing country and shipped 



more coffee annually than the Island of Java. The high tid ' exportation was reached 



when 22,956,575 pounds were exported. There were al thai time more than 1,600 coffee 

 "fineas," or farms, on the Island, and all the coffee consumed In Cuba came from its soil. 



Detail Leaves and Rerries of Native Cuffee Tree, Young and Green. 

 A Typical Spray in Fine Condition. 



The existing government, however, taxed the industry until there was little profit 

 left in it, the tax being advanced until it was 7 cents a pound in the hands of the 



grower. About 1850 there was a large coff :rop elsewhere in the world, and the price 



had fallen to a point where, with the tax, the crop would be produced at a loss. These 

 conditions, together with the alluring prospects of the sugar industry i not then taxed), 

 marked the end of coffee raising in Cuba. Many persons still living remember seeing 



