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oranges of all countries. These trees are 

 very prolific, often producing a full crop 

 when many of the budded trees have a 

 very short crop. By careful selection 

 of these seedlings, one may find types that 

 will furnish good fruit from September 

 15th to June 15th. 



A well-kept grove of an energetic Cuban 

 of this section contains trees from twelve 

 to one hundred and five j^ears old, and, 

 strange to say, many of the twelve and 

 fifteen year old trees have trunks and tops 

 larger than the trees of one hundred and 

 five years ; because the older trees were 

 planted entirely too close together, while 

 the younger trees were properly spaced 

 and have had much better care. The 

 owner of this grove is learning the value 



of fertilizer and while he has not yet 

 bought any commercial fertilizer, he saves 

 all that he can about his own place, and 

 gets leaf mould and trash from outside 

 to use on his grove. I think that he 

 will soon find out that it will pay him 

 well to buy high-grade fertilizer. In the 

 shade of the older trees coffee trees were 

 planted. Some of these coffee trees have 

 been in bearing for more than fifty years. 

 In closing I wish to advise all those who 

 are planting citrus trees in Cuba and the 

 Isle of Pines, to be sure and include 

 some of the best types of native seedling 

 oranges, at least enough for home use. 

 If you can't get them, bud them for your- 

 self. The illustration on the opposite page 

 shows that these can be easily secured. 



Cultivation in Dry Weather 



Examinations of two plantations demon- 

 strated clearly the advantage of thorough 

 and clean cultivation during long dry spells 

 such as we have been experiencing for 

 the past five months. Most of the groves 

 throughout the valley that are not being 

 cultivated are looking in very bad shape. 

 The leaves are curled up, the half devel- 

 oped fruit is drying and dropping off. On 

 the other hand in the groves which we 

 inspected, where the cultivator is being 

 used constantly, the trees are not only 

 not suffering from the drouth, but they 

 are making a great deal of new growth. 

 The leaves of the trees do not show any 

 sign of dry weather. They are dark 

 green, rich and healthy looking. The 

 heavy crop of fruit is steadily developing 

 to maturity without any sign of check, 

 owing to weather conditions. One of 

 these groves is on high land and would 

 undoubtedly, without the constant cultiva- 

 tion, be badly dried up. The other grove 

 is not only in first-class condition itself, 

 but a very good crop of corn is being 

 grown between the trees. This corn was 

 planted in the midst of the dry spell and 

 has had practically no rain to help it. 

 The ears are large and well filled out. 

 La Gloria Correspondence. Havana Post. 



The South Carolina Experiment Station 

 cures scours in calves by putting a half 

 ounce of commercial formalin in 15V-2 

 ounces of distilled water und using two 

 teaspoonfuls in each quart of milk. This 

 dose is given both morning and evening. 

 Professor Shaw, of the Michigan Agricul- 

 tural College, uses a mixture of equal parts 

 of_ camphor, tincture of rhubarb aud 

 opiates in hot water, giving a teaspoonful 

 at a dose. 



Berkshires will cut more lean meat than 

 any other breed of hogs, says an Illinois 

 breeder. 



Canning Hawaiian Pineapples 



The canneries are located in or near the 

 pineapple fields and are equipped with all 

 modern canning devices. All laborers 

 whose hands come in contact with the 

 fruit wear rubber gloves and scrupulous 

 cleanliness is enforced. 



The pineapple, fully ripe, and direct 

 from the fields, is placed upon a revolving 

 pinion attached to a set of rapidly revolv- 

 ing knives, which in an instant remove 

 the peehng. The ends of the pineapple 

 are then cut off and the pineapple is cen- 

 tered on another machine, which, by one 

 motion, removes the core and by a second 

 motion forces the pineapple through a re- 

 volving circular knife, from which it 

 emerges a bright, shiny cylinder, just the 

 right size to fit the can, all ready to be 

 cut into uniform slices by the automatic 

 slicing machine. The trimmings are utilized 

 for making crushed and grated pineapple, 

 which is excellent for making pies, cakes 

 and other desserts, and also for use the 

 same as apple sauce, just as it comes from 

 the can. 



Immediately after the fruit is placed in 

 the cans the latter are filled with syrup 

 made of pure granulated cane sugar. The 

 tops are sealed on with a double seaming 

 machine, which method does away with 

 solder or acid. After the cans are sealed 

 the pineapple is cooked sufficiently to steri- 

 lize the package. They are then tested 

 in the usvial way and stacked in the ware- 

 houses ready for lacquering, labeling, cas- 

 ing and shipment. 



Legislation authorizing the government 

 to offer a prize of $4,000 'for an efficient 

 method of killing the marabu grass, better 

 known as "Weyler" and "Don Carlos," 

 which is one of the worst pests in Cuba, 

 were recommendations included in a mes- 

 sage sent to the senate May 18th by the 

 president. 



