37 Agricultural Cuba 



STOCK RAISING IN CUBA 



Cuba, as a whole, offers in abundance, the 

 essential conditions necessary to successful stock 

 raising — nutritious grasses, good drinking water, 

 a climate devoid of extremes in temperature and 

 a steady market always accessible. 



There are hundreds of thousands of acres of 

 well watered and well drained lands that possess 

 all of these qualities. Much of the territory 

 formerly devoted to grazing has been recently 

 planted in sugar cane, owing to the high price 

 of sugar, but there still remain large tracts in 

 all of the six provinces, that are not only available 

 for stock raising, but which would produce, under 

 proper management, returns quite as satisfactory 

 as those derived from the sugar industry. 



The two grasses best suited for milk or fattening 

 purposes, were imported into Cuba many years 

 ago and are known as the ''Parana," brought 

 from the Argentine and best suited to the level 

 lands; and the "Guinea" grass, which was 

 brought from the west coast of Africa and is 

 particularly suited for the mountain sides and 

 crests, up to an altitude of 2,000 feet. 



One hundred acres in either one of these grasses, 

 under favorable conditions, will maintain from 

 fifty to seventy head of cattle in good condition 

 throughout the year. 



In Cuba there are several varieties of native 

 grasses that spring up in the valleys or whenever 

 the undergrowth is removed from forest lands. 



There is every reason to believe that alfalfa 

 will prove as well adapted to Cuba as it has to 

 some parts of the United States, although up to 



