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THE CUBA REVIEW 



AGRICULTURAL MATTERS 



TO ENCOURAGE FARMERS 



A society under the name of "Fomento 

 Pecuario" was recently organized by mer- 

 chants and manufacturers in Havana. 



The purposes of the society, as explained 

 by Sr. Coro, its president, will be to aid 

 animal industry in all its forms, especially 

 mule raising, as long as that class of ani- 

 mals are imported from abroad ; to protect 

 the industry of bee raising, and of interest- 

 ing farmers in the cultivation of corn so 

 that this grain could be supplied at home 

 instead of being imported, representing 

 not only a great saving, but a new source 

 of wealth for the country. 



dreamer who fishes and chases the elusive 

 possum while the grass and weeds play 

 havoc with his groves and other crops, and 

 the interest on the mortgage is piling up, 

 has a small chance in the race with prog- 

 ress. He needs educating. — Isle of Pines 

 Appeal. 



COFFEE AND CACAO 



In Oriente Province a fine coffee crop is 

 anticipated. All the owners of the plan- 

 tations are beginning the harvest unusually 

 early and are unanimous in their prediction 

 of an abundant yield. 



Custom house figures of Matanzas show 

 importations of coffee to aggregate 6,051,686 

 pounds with a value of $827,011 in the 

 period from 1908 to 1913. In the same 

 time cacao importations were 21,435 pounds, 

 having a value of $6,197. 



INVITING FAILURE 



Someone has said : "It is usually a dead 

 heat in the race between the fool who 

 farms and the farmer who fools." We 

 have all met, in our time, both the above 

 gentlemen, and have invariably noticed that 

 their general complaint was nothing doing 

 or doing nothing. In other words the 



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New telegraph service at greatly 

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 Western Union to facilitate busi- 

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20 word message - - - $1.00 

 Each additional word - 5 cents 



Cable letters for Cuba filed 



before midnight delivered 



during the next day 



Flash Cable Services at regular 

 rates 



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