jt HONDURAS. 



of the banana with avidity. T\\<> ciops <.f maize are grown in 

 a year, and then- i- no apparent reason why iln< ei nn- 



num can not be raised from one field. Para grass y 

 heavy crops, and is greatly relMied by cattle and horses. 



cnness of the temperature, an almost unbrok 

 of sunny days throughout the greater part >f th- ling 



s which blow nearly everyday, freedom from annoyi: 

 sects and other disturbing causes, and an abundance >f ; 

 in every part of the grant, make this tract of country - 

 even the most favored part of the ranching region of the l~nit(d 

 States, where great fortunes were made in cattle-growing ! 

 that country became overstock* d. 



n under the crude and wasteful method, or lack of method, 

 which has been common on the \\e-tern plains of the 1'nited 

 States, the average annual increase of herd- of cattle ha- equalled 

 50 per cent, of the number of breeding cows in tlm-e herd-. 

 being true of the arid, sun-scorched and bli//.an! -\M pt 5 

 what may not be done in Honduras, where cold -terms are never 

 known, and where nearly every -quarc league has * 

 pure stream, fed by mountain springs. On the northea-t coast 

 these flow in gravelly or sand v beds. a< LIU \\here nutri- 



tious grasses are always green. The value of such a copjou- sup- 

 ply of never failing water i- shown in strong li.irht by the enor 

 iiiou- I..-M-- cau-ed by want of water la-t J{ 

 in the west- in BUtei red by all natural conditioi 



stock-grower in Hondura- can ea-il\ - i an 'inual 



nt. in hi- herd-, and C*O, liy careful m.. 

 ment, raise the production to 90 per cent, per annum. II 

 should give nearly as large a p' <f in< -reas -a- i- nb- 



from cattle. < 'li their calves be-idr them, a- good 



CAD be boil L r lit in H-.ndura- ic.r price- raiiL'iiiir fnnn $i> to f ! 

 bead; two-year old i >'"it< $7, and yearlin 



to $4. Tli- lieif'-r- are u-ually thn-e \ear- old before ihey drop 

 their : Dg a herd in QO1 



Hondura ;igeK are low and the cost of raiimi- 



