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it is ploughed one way aiui allowed to lie for a few months, it pulverizes and slacks up a good 

 deal like lime, but the surface is very uneven. It is then ploughc^d crosswise, the second plough- 

 ing being from one to two in(!hes dcH-per than the first. Sometimes they harrow it with a heavy 

 'A' shaped harrow with 1 ' 2-inf'h teeth before they cross plough or i)l()ugh the second time." 



Steam Plow. 



HAVANA RACING 



AVOCADO 



H. D. Erown, general manager of the Orien- 

 tal Park track at Havana, Cuba, has an- 

 nounced the plans for the M inter season of 

 racing in Cuba. The season will be longer in 

 duration than at any time since the opening 

 of the Havana track. It will begin on Thanks- 

 giving Day, November 29, and continue until 

 March 24. 



There will be at least 93 days of racing and 

 possibly 100, the latter contingency depend- 

 ing upon whether enough horses are ready at 

 the beginning of the meeting to warrant racing 

 every day. If not, there will be racing four 

 days each week until Christmas. 



During the holidays there wiU be racing 

 every day in the week and after New Year's 

 every day except Monday. 



According to an article in the Miami Me- 

 tropolis, the Florida cultivation of the avocado 

 has greatly increased, and Florida growers 

 are expecting to be in a position this season 

 to ship fruit that wUl compete advantageously 

 with the Cuban avocado. Florida growers 

 report that the demand for avocados in the 

 United States is rapidly increasing. 



CORRECTION 



GASOLINE 



The Cuha Review has been informed that 

 the statement "It is said to be very much bet- 

 ter than granulated sugar as it is sweeter than 

 granulated sugar" (article entitled "Invert 

 Sugar," page 27, September issue), is incorrect. 

 Invert sugar has about 60% of the sweetening 

 value of granulated sugar. 



During September more than a thousand 

 automobiles in Havana were forced into re- 

 tirement by the action of retail gasoline dealers 

 in advancing the price from 47 cents a gallon 

 to$l, and in some instances to $1.20 a gallon. 



MEXICAN EMBARGO ON SUGAR. 



Presidential decree, effective October 10, 

 prohibits exportation of all grades sugar un- 

 til fui'ther notice. — Telegram from American 

 Vice Consul, Mexico City, Oct. 11. 



