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Finishing up a Batch of about 1,000 Tons of Fertilizer Mixed by Hand at Elizalde, Matanzas Province 
raw materials required and the shipping both by boat and rail of the manufactured 
product. The American Agricultural Chemical Co. has maintained an excellent repu- 
tation for its goods, and through active agents has established a first class solid business 
in Cuba and has the good will and friendship of a large percentage of our agricultural 
population. 
Mention has been made of the Nitrate Agencies Co. It has always been the policy 
of this Institution to encourage the farmers to know as much as possible about the 
fertilizers that they use on their farms, and to purchase the ingredients required for making 
up their fertilizers, mixing these themselves on their own farms or in small cooperatively 
operated fertilizer mixing plants. As a result of their endeavors here, a considerable 
number of small mixing plants have been established throughout the Island, some being 
operated by individuals, others by companies of small capital, and others by sugar mills 
for the purpose of being able to supply their cane growers with high quality fertilizers 
at the lowest possible price. Among the mill organizations that have made the greatest 
Rebagging Nitrate of Soda in Regla Warehouses, Havana 
