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THE CUBA REVIEW 



farming and the segregation of cacao beds 

 from maize, a combination of hand-collecting 

 and spraying and maintaining unremitting 

 watchfulness. 



Another serious pest is the pod-borer, per- 

 haps belonging to the genus Myelois, which 

 is found in large numbers, up to 120, meshed 

 in a ravel of silk among dry brown powder 

 and riddled seeds, in cacao pods, left hanging 

 on the trees or lying on the ground. The 

 damage done must be incalculable. The 

 larva of a Cerambycid does serious damage 

 by boring the trunk and branches; the adult 

 is unknown. 



WORLDS PRODUCTION OF CACAO 



In 1912, figures of cacao production show 

 the following quantities and sources of supply. 

 These ai'e compiled from valuable sources: 



Tons. 



Gold coast 39,500 



Ecuador 35,500 



St. Thomas 35,500 



Brasil 30,500 



St. DomingT 20,900 



Trinidad 18,900 



Venezuela 12,500 



Guanada 5,500 



Nigeria 3,500 



Ceylon 3,500 



Jamaica 3,400 



Other countries 20,400 



A NEW AGRICULTURAL COMPANY 



In Guantanamo a new company will be 

 organized, under the protection of English 

 law, to be known as the Cuba Sugar and 

 Cattle Company, in the interests, as its 

 name indicates, of the sugar and cattle 

 industry. 



The head office of the company wiU be 

 in Kingston, where several capitalists are 

 financially interested in the new company. 

 An executive committee will have charge 

 of affairs in Cuba. These officers wiU be 

 chosen later. 



The object of the company is to acquire, 

 in the Guantanamo section, one or more 

 farms well situated and suitable for the grow- 

 ing of cane. There must be an adequate 



Gathering the crop of cacao to agrieultura enterpris of Beola & Co. at Tacajo, Oriente Province. 

 Recolecta de la cosecha de cacao de la Empresa Agricola de Beola & Co. de Tacajo, Oriente, Cuba. 



