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I'nfinished Administration and Classroom Building 

 Farm School, Camaguey. 



acquired, which is used today by the Director in charge, Dr. Luaces, as a residenee and office. 

 It is interesting to note in connection with the new building constructioa work that special 

 attentioa is being givevi to the sanitary and water service installations and no expense has beea 

 spared to jierfect such an arrangement, and it is not unlikely that this will be made an educa- 

 tional feature or ol)ject lesson in the dormitories and class rooms. 



The Director in charge, Dr. Luaces, first came to this farm in October 1914, having resigJied 

 the position of Director General of Agriculture at Havana, which change he requested becdu.se 

 of a desire to be more active and because of the opportunity afforded to be among the farmers, 

 who are all his friends and seek his advice; and it is through Dr. Luaces's tireless efforts 

 that the school at Camaguey was made a possibility, and he is very happy and pleased with 

 the success attained so far, and when the school is finished and in operation the people of 

 Cuba and Camaguey province in particular will be much indebted to him. The farm and 

 school will 1)6 well equipped with chemical and physical laboratories, also with apparatus for 

 meteorological work, specimens for the natural historj^ museum, fanning tools and a complete 

 creamery outfit, also electric lighting and ice plant, incubators, etc. The Director has collected 

 a good reference and working library for the professors, who will be eight in number, selected 

 by competitive examination in their respective branches, and also for the students, and in this 

 endeavor Dr. Luaces is receiving valuable aid from the U. S. Department of Agriculture and 

 the experiment stations at Manila, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Texas, Florida, Cahfoniia and others. 

 As a reference library on agricultural matters in Cuba today, the library at the Camaguey 

 school is surpassed only by that of the collection of native woods numbering 17(3 varieties; 

 and a good start has been made in the collection of native soils, sands, Umes, guanos, rocks and 

 miiierals of the province. Valuable experiments are being conducted along the lines of 

 introducing new forage crops such as Sudan, Rhodes, Natal, and other grasses, for the benefit 

 of Camaguey province, which is principally the cattle section for Cuba. 



The farm, besides rendering cattle breeding service, also maintains a plant propogatuig 

 department for the free distribution of plants for beautifying the parks, schools and roads in the 

 province. The eggs produced by the fann chickens are sold at half rite to the fanners who 

 must use them for breeding purposes only, and the young hogs, cattle, etc., are also sold to 

 breeders, and this is all done in the hope of educating the farmers, improving the breed and 

 increasing the chicken farm industry among the Cuban country people. The office distributes 

 seeds, bulletins and periodicals which are received from the office of the Secretary of Agriculture 

 at Havana, and any interesting pubUcations which are contributed by outsiders. 



