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THE CUBA REVIEW 



SUGAR CROP NOTES 



Central "Aguedita," at Los Arabos, Ma- 

 tanzas Province, finished grinding on May 

 25th, with a total of 38,000 bags. Last 

 year its output was 23,919. 



The "Feliz" mill at Bolondron, Matanzas 

 Province, finished on the same day with 

 119,000 sacks to its creidt. Last year, 

 64,054. 



Central '"Jobo" at San Nicolas, Havana 

 Province, has 88,000 sacks from the present 

 crop. Last year, 41,111. 



In Oriente Province, Central "Palmarito" 

 has finished grinding with only 19,000 sacks 

 when it had counted on 40,000. It had 

 6,730 bags last year. 



Central San Antonio at Madruga, Ha- 

 vana Province, has 120,000 bags to show 

 for its season's work. Last year's crop, 

 56,520 bags. 



Central "Loteria" at Jaruco, Havana 

 Province, Cuban ownership, has finished 

 grinding with 28,000 bags as the total of 

 its output. Its estimate earlier in the sea- 

 son was for 25,000 bags. Last year its out- 

 put was almost the same. 



The mill of the Washington Sugar Co. 

 at Hatuey, Santa Clara Province, finished 

 with 93,975 sacks as compared with 70,798 

 last year. 



Central Toledo in Marianao, Havana 

 Province, finished grinding on May 30th 

 with 110,000 sacks. Last year the yield 

 was 36,257 bags. The estimated yield for 

 this crop made in February last was 90,000 

 bags. 



The yield of the "San Manuel" estate, 

 Oriente Province for this year's crop was 

 61,000 bags. 



The "Cuba" central in Pedro Betancourt, 

 Matanzas Province, finished grinding on 

 June 1st with 177,000 bags. Its earher 

 estimate was for 170,000 bags. Last year's 

 output was 103,358 bags. 



June 5th, the central "Nueva Paz" at 

 Los Palos, Havana Province, finished 

 grinding with over 91,000 bags to its credit, 

 exceeding considerably its earlier estimate, 

 which was for 70,000. Last year the mill's 

 yield was 48, 269 bags. 



"Parque Alto" central in Santa Clara 

 Province produced this season 7."., 000 bags, 

 which is a record for this mill, and the 

 largest crop it has yet made. The mill 

 began grinding January 6th and finished 

 on May 13th. Last year's output was 

 66,709 bags. 



On May 19th, the central "Portugalete" 

 at Palmira, Santa Clara, finished its season 

 with 93,000 bags. Its estimate was for 

 90,000. 



Central "Constancia" in Santa Clara 

 Province finished grinding May 19th with 

 116,000 bags to its credit as this season's 

 output. Last year its yield was 81,232 

 bags. 



"Lequeitio" central at Cartagena, Santa 

 Clara Province, finished grinding, and its 

 output was 109,000 bags. If the weather 

 had been favorable, the mill would have 

 ground some 16,000,000 arrobas and made 

 135,000 bags, but continual rains forced a 

 shutdown. 



May 21st the "Conchita" central in 

 Matanzas Province closed its season with 

 250,000 bags, which is somewhat in excess 

 of its expectations. 



Because of the heavy rains the central 

 "Mercedita" at Melena del Sur, Havana 

 Province, finished grinding June 6th with 

 174,000 bags. Its anticipations were for 

 140,000 bags. Last year it ground 110,000 

 bags. 



Central "Toledo" at Marianao, Havana 

 Province, has 110,000 bags to its credit for 

 this year's crop. For the last three years 

 the output of this mill has been in the 

 neighborhood of 35,000 bags, but new 

 management and machinery have made a 

 great improvement in its capacity. 



On June 1, 1910, 20 estates were grinding. 



On May 31, 1911, 13 were working, and 

 on the same date in 1912, 67 sugar mills 

 were in operation. 



Central "Amistad" at Guines, Matanzas 

 Province, ceased grinding early in June 

 with 187,350 bags as its output. Last year 

 its total was 101,421 bags. Its estimate early 

 in February was for 140,000 bags. 



THE MANATI SUGAR COMPANY 



On June 1st in Havana, says La Lucha, 

 the necessary papers were signed trans- 

 ferring to the Manati Sugar Co. 2,143 

 caballerias of land, on which the company 

 will build a sugar mill. 



The capital of the new company is stated 

 as $2,000,000, one-third of which has been 

 subscribed by Cubans and the remainder 

 by Americans. The names figuring in the 

 new enterprise are those of the Marquis 

 de San Miguel de Aguayo, Regino Truffin, 

 Jose H. Beola, Manuel R. Augulo and 

 Francisco Pons. 



