THE CUBA REVIEW 



General View of Section Devoted to White Leghorn Variety. 

 More than 1,000 Chickens to be Seen — "EI Chico." 



th«.£a**fi are incubated and a careful record kept from day to day of every operation and change. 

 Five large incubators of the latest type with a capacity of one thousand eggs are at present in 

 use and it is the intention to add more as the stock increases. 



The eggs are collected once each day in large baskets and are taken to the packing house 

 where the fertile and edible eggs are divided and assorted as to size and color, and so stamped, 

 before they are carefully packed in cases for the market. At present the eggs are marketed 

 only in the city of Havana and vicinity where they are handled through one house for distri- 

 bution and are transported daily to the Havana market in large up-to-date and fast motor 

 trucks. 



A special feature on this farm is the system of feeding the best chicken food procurable 

 in the States, also native berries and seeds, and in addition the native 'Comejon' hive is taken 

 from the trees and stumps and broken up to provide millions of ants for the chickens. This last 

 item of feed is only to be had in Cuba in large quantities without cost, and is another advantage 

 that the Cuban chicken raiser will have over his northern competitor. 



With the improved and scientific methods used in the operation of this model farm and 

 the personal attention given by President Menocal and Dr. Menocal the project can only be a 

 successful one, and regardless of the financial returns possible it is sure to accomplish its one 

 main purpose in its object lesson to Cubans in teaching them the value of improving the yield 

 of poultry and eggs for consumption on the island, and the opportunities afforded by co-ordi- 

 nated effort in securing good financial returns from a small investment. 



THE SPANISH LANGUAGE 



We note in a recent issue of the New York 

 Times a letter from Sr. Antonio Llano. Sr. 

 Llano was invited to address the Pan- 

 American Scientific Congress in Washington 

 on the subject of technical nomenclature and 

 translations. In his communication to the 

 New York Times, Sr. Llano calls attention to 

 the careless way that exporters, in endeavoring 

 to secure trade in Latin-American countries, 

 do not use sufficient care in preparing their 



Spanish catalogs and Spanish letters, and in 

 consequence do not achieve their purpose 

 because of inaccuracies and unintelligible ex- 

 pressions used by inexpert translators. 



EXPORTS 



Cuba exported in the fiscal year ending 

 June 30th, 1915, goods to the total value of 

 $219,447,322 or S88 per capita, an increase of 

 $22 per capita in one year. 



