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planting of citrus fruits in Cuba offers many Inducements, and we believe thai with 

 the more settled conditions now prevailing after the close of the war, the planting 

 of citrus groves will again be taken up by northerners, though this time on a firmer 

 and more stable Wasis. 



BREEDING STATIONS FOR CATTLE 



The Bulletin of tin Pan American I nion 

 states Hint (lie Departmenl of Agriculture 

 of Cuba has accepted the gift of several 

 tracts of land from the townships of Ciego 

 de Avila and Bayamo, in the Provinces of 

 Camagiiey and Oriente, for the purpose of 

 establishing breeding stations for horses, 

 mules, cattle and hogs. Bids are being 

 called for t<> construct model stables for 

 I lie horses, mules and cattle, pens for 

 hogs of varied breeds, poultry yards, and 



houses for t lie employes. 



Owing to the large number of cattle 

 Cuba has been importing from Venezuela, 

 Colombia and other Central and South 

 American points through the port of Man- 

 zanillo, President Menocal has ordered the 

 establishment of quarantine stations and 

 the installation of cattle dips for imported 

 cattle, as a protection to the native stock. 

 The stations will he installed for the pres- 

 ent in the I'.arrio del Luyanoin of Havana 

 and in the port of Manzanillo. 



NEW HOTEL 



According to the Havana Post, Mr. T. 

 Grossman, manager of the Hotel Plaza at 

 Camagiiey, is contemplating the erection 

 of a first-class, up-to-date hotel in 

 Havana. 



Arthur LobO, architect, of New York, 

 who has designed many buildings in Ha- 

 vana, has submitted plans and specifica- 

 tions for the new edifice, which will he 

 erected near the Santa Clara battery. 



The projected plans call for a seven- 

 storj building with :!."><> rooms, with baths 

 and swimming pool of sea water. Work 

 is expected to be commenced at once and 

 the building is to be ready for occupancy 

 a year from next January. The hotel will 

 be named The Malecon. 



FARM SCHOOLS 



An illustrated article appears in a re- 

 cent issue of Revi8ta <i< igricultura 

 Comcrcio y Trabajo, describing the work 

 done at the Cuban farm schools. These 

 institutions train hoys and youths for all 

 kinds of agricultural occupations. Prac- 

 tical instruction is given in the cultiva- 

 tion of all the important crops grown in 

 Cuba. The schools are residential, and 

 are provided with good workshops, labora- 

 tories and class-rooms. There are six 

 schools, one situated in each province. 

 Their aim is to turn out "scientific mas- 

 ters of cultivation." 



AMERICAN HOSPITAL FOR HAVANA 

 The August issue of the Bulletin of Hie 

 Pan American Union contains the follow- 

 ing announcement: 



In view of the considerable increase 

 in the foreign colonies of Havana, particu- 

 larly the Anglo-Saxon colony, ami the 

 urgent necessity of ha-ing a place where 

 sick residents and transients can he 

 treated with every comfort and con- 

 venience, a puhlic subscription has been 

 started to rais< a fund of $300,000 to build 

 and maintaii. an American hospital, pro- 

 vided with all the facilities to care for no 

 less than nfty patients. 



NEW SUGAR JOURNAL 



With the object of stimulating the de- 

 velopment of the cane sugar industry in 

 the Philippines, the Sugar News Companj 

 has incorporated at .Manila, I. F. It will 

 publish a monthly sugar trade journal, to 

 lie known as the Sugar Central ami Plant- 

 ers' News, the firs! number of which will 

 appear under date of September 1st, 1919. 

 The publication will be edited in English 

 and Spanish. 



