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The world's record for the output of sugar for any one factory 

 is held by Chaparra, in Cuba, which has brought its 1913-14 crop 

 to a close with a production of slightly above 611,000 bags, or 

 87,300 long tons of sugar, polarizing very close to 96. The Louis- 

 iana Planter (August 1, 1914) says that this will most likely stand 

 in no grave danger of being passed for some time to come. As 

 a matter of fact the case just quoted is only one of the several 

 records that have been made in Cuba on the 1914 crop. 



A note on the red clay soil of Porto Rico appears in the 

 Monthly Bulletin of Agricultural Intellligence and Plant Diseases 

 for June, 1914. This soil is widely distributed in the island and 

 is characterized by the high percentage of iron and aluminium, 

 the absence of carbonates and its acidity, and deficiency in organic 

 matter. These soils respond to manuring, particularly with lime ; 

 but certain areas, which have been continuously under sugar cane, 

 are in a sick condition and respond to neither manuring nor lim- 

 ing. The reason for this is tmknown, although an examination 

 of the organic matter of these soils lias been carried out b\- the 

 Ignited States Department of Agriculture. 



