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tion can be obtained, by applying to the 

 Superintendent of Docinnents, Washington, 

 D. C, who will sell it at 5 cents per copy. 



To sell honey profitably beekeepers should 

 recognize the fact that of two jars of 

 honey, one in an ordinary fruit jar or tin 

 can with a poorly printed label, and the 

 other in a neat glass jar of artistic de- 

 sign with a pleasing, attractive label, the 

 latter will bring double or more the extra 

 cost of the better package. It is perhaps 

 unfortunate but nevertheless a fact that 

 honey sells largely on appearence, and a 

 progressive beekeeper will appeal as 

 strongly as possible to the eye of his cus- 

 tomer. — U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

 Bulletin No. 397. 



What the Colonist Needs 



The problem of what to bring to Cuba 

 in the way of furniture, household supplies, 

 utensils and clothing, etc., is an interesting 

 one. In deciding this question one is apt 

 to overdo the idea of preparing for 

 pioneering conditions by disposing of fur- 

 niture and clothing which it is thought 

 will not be needed or can be purchased in 

 Cuba for less money than the cost of 

 shipping such things from the north. This 

 is a mistake for the comforts and con- 

 veniences of modern housekeeping are just 

 as desirable here as anywhere and as there 

 is no import duty on used household goods 

 and personal belongings, the cost of trans- 

 porting those one already owns is much 

 less than such things can be bought for 

 in Cuba — when they can be purchased at 

 all. However, it will be well to remember 

 that upholstered parlor furniture is un- 

 desirable in a tropical climate, wicker, cane 

 or bamboo being more suitable, but one 

 is not likely to bring too many good stout 

 porch rockers. Again, while, of course, 

 no northern winter clothing should be pur- 



chased to bring to Cuba, it is a good plan 

 to keep all one has. In winter the evenings 

 are often quite chilly here and warm cloths 

 are needed. Then, too, in the possible 

 event of one being compelled to take a 

 sudden journey north during the cold 

 weather, a supply of warm clothing might 

 avert serious consequences. — La Gloria 

 Cuban- American. 



Field for the Little Worker 



As between the Spaniard and the Cuban, 

 inclosed in the narrow confines of their 

 tobacco fields and cane plantations on one 

 hand and the American and the Canadian 

 more seriously restricted to their orange 

 and grape-fruit groves on the other, lies 

 the field that holds the future for the little 

 investor in Cuba. No matter what his 

 nationality or how small his capital, pro- 

 vided he is rich in foresight to see the 

 shortcomings of his neighbors and in the 

 activity to feed the tobacco planter and cane 

 grower from his boniato beds and the areas 

 where melangas grow, while from his po- 

 tato fields and truck gardens (an assured 

 success through irrigation) he gladdens the 

 table of the enthusiastic orchard owner. 

 This is the happy third party who will 

 worry not at all over freight rates, ad- 

 verse legislation, the European market, but 

 will keep right on selling products to the 

 home market. — Bulletin of the Interna- 

 tional Bureau of American Republics. 



The Cuban Senate, on June 20th, favored 

 a grant of $30,000 to be oflfered as a prize 

 to the discoverer of a cure for the disease 

 now killing the cocoanut trees of the is- 

 land. There has been serious damage at 

 Baracoa, and thus far attempts at the ex- 

 tirpation of the trouble have been unsuc- 

 cessful. The disease is also found in Ja- 

 maica, Trinidad and British Guiana. 



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