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THE CUBA REVIEW 



Cuba will be the citrus fruit iirocluc.ng 

 country to be reckoned with. It is a well 

 established fact that Cuban grapefruit 

 stands in a class by itself, just as Cuban 

 tobacco. Culian oranges may have close 

 rivals in California and Horida, but the 

 grapefruit of Cuba stands in a class bv 

 itself. 



MOLASSES AS A FOOD 



Experiments with molasses as a food for 

 live stock have shown that it does not im- 

 prove the digestibility of the other foods 

 which must be fed with it. Nevertheless, 

 it is a cheap food, useful in fattening ani- 

 mals and in making rough fodder more 

 palatable ; but in comparison with corn 

 meal, molasses possesses no advantages in 

 price- or efficiency. — Report of Alassachu- 

 setts Agricultural College. 



THE NECESSITY FOR FERTILIZER 



It is becoming more apparent every year 

 that the growers of citrus should use more 

 fertilizer and it is being demonstrated, both 

 on the groves and the market, that the fruit 

 will last much longer and remain solid 

 from ten days to two weeks longer after 



licing picked if liljcrally fertilized, especially 

 with a high per cent of potash and phos- 

 phorus. Also, there is a vast difference in 

 the quality and taste of the fruit from 

 fertilized trees. 



Oranges are of excellent quality this 

 year compared with other years and the 

 crop is large. Prices range, according to 

 quality and size, anywhere from $3.50 per 

 thousand to $18.00 per M, the premium, of 

 course, being paid on large and fancy fruit. 



COCOANUT TREE DISEASE 



Sixty-one persons in Cuba claim to have 

 discovered the source and cause of the dis- 

 ease that is devastating the Cuba cocoanut 

 groves. The government offered a prize of 

 $30,000 on June 24, I'Ji:;, for any one who 

 would find a remedy. 



A letter from Prof. Johnston on the bud- 

 rot of the cocoanut tree will be. found on 

 another page. 



The disease attacking the cocoanut trees 

 is extremely serious and is not confined to 

 any one part of the island. 



The 1913 crop will probably be of the same 

 size as the last. — Report of Mr. D. Cowan 

 British Vice-Consul at Havana on Cuba's 

 fruit crops. 



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