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THE CUBA REVIEW 



A CUBAN COTTON TREE 



At a recent meeting of the National 

 Association of Cotton Manufacturers, at 

 New London, Conn., W. W. Wheeler of 

 Meriden described his experiments with 

 the "cotton tree" of Cuba, known as "cauto 

 cotton." Mr. Wheeler had about 1,000 

 pounds of cotton ginned, and made into 

 two bales, which were submitted for in- 

 spection. Mr. Wheeler said that when his 

 attention had been called to this "cauto 

 cotton" he took some samples of it, and 

 brought it to Connecticut, and showed it 

 to some of his former associates in cotton 

 mills who had maintained their connection 

 with the industry, and their opinions were 

 of such a nature that he exhibited the sam- 

 ples to a large number of persons engaged 

 in the cotton manufacturing business. 



This cotton, said Mr. Wheeler, ranges 

 from 1% to iVi inch staple, is of a slightly 

 yellow tint, and is strong as Sea Island 



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Oficina para la Venta: 



1159 Hudson Terminal Building, 



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Oficina Principal y Fdbricas: 

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Agente en Cuba: 

 J. E. Hernandez, Inqvisidor 5, H.\bana Cuba 



cotton ; being longer staple than the ordi- 

 nary Upland, and somewhat different in 

 texture and color. Wild cotton trees are 

 found in that part of Cuba, and differ a 

 great deal in the length and character of 

 the staple. 



According to the description furnished 

 by Mr. Wheeler, the Cuban cotton grows 

 on a perennial tree, and not, like the 

 American cotton, an annual crop; and will 

 continue to grow for many years. The life 

 of the tree is not known, except that there 

 are some of them known to be over 14 

 years old. The average tree yields two or 

 three pounds of seed cotton the first year, 

 and fully three pounds the second year, 

 and on the basis of this experimental field, 

 the yield will be 2,000 pounds of seed 

 cotton to the acre the first year, and 3,000 

 pounds the second year; about one-third 

 of which is lint. The soil of Cuba is very 

 fertile and needs only to be opened up for 

 cultivation. It is probable that after the 



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Trapiches de Azucar 



USAN LA GENUINA 



EMPAQUETADURA "EUREKA" 



de Alma de Coma 



porque presta mejor servicio, es la 

 mas barata y dura mucho mas 

 tiempo. Pida a su expendedor la 

 Empaquetadura Genuina Eureka. 



EUREKA PACKING CO. 



78-80 Murray Street, 

 New York, U. S. A. 



I Compraria Vd. un traje a un herrero ? No ? 



Entonces, por que compra Vd. sus empaquetaduras a fabricantes que no tienen la menor 

 idea del uso a que se destina las empaquetaduras que esta Vd. comprando. 



Mi negocio es surtir al publico de Empaquetaduras y Articujos de Goma, y habiendo 

 estudiado durante los ultimos ocho aiios el problema concerniente a los Ingenios de Azucar, 

 estoy en posicion de economizarle dinero recomendando los generos que dan buenos resultados, 

 y no haciendo conjeturas acerca de sus calidades de duracion. 

 Pidan el catalogo 12-M. P. W. KOEBIG. 150 Nassau Street, New York City 



