AGRICULTURAL CUBA 



THE Cuban Department of Agriculture, Com- 

 merce and Labor while under the direction of a 

 member of the National Cabinet, is sub-divided 

 into three distinct departments for purposes of 

 efficiency. One section supervises the sugar and 

 tobacco plantations, maintains an agronomic 

 station and experimental farm and publishes an 

 official bulletin along educational lines. This 

 department has in charge agricultural colonization, 

 the official cattle register and the meteorological 

 service. 



The second section has in charge all matters 

 pertaining to Mines, Forests, Banks, Mercantile 

 Establishments and Corporations. The Copy- 

 right, Trade-mark and Patent Offices, as well as 

 the Bureau of Weights and Measures and the 

 Bureau of Labor and Colonization and in short 

 all matters relating to the promotion and regu- 

 lation of Commerce and Industry come under 

 the control of this section. 



A third section regulates hunting, fishing, the 

 protection of birds and deals with the protection 

 against pests. 



In this work we deal more particularly with 

 agricultural products as they are known in the 

 United States, instead of attempting to cover the 

 varying duties of the Department as a whole. 



At first glance it would appear that this de- 

 partment is too broad in its scope but when we 

 realize that the Republic of Cuba in area is about 

 the same size as our Pennsylvania, the reason 

 for grouping these departments will be apparent. 



