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THE CUBA REVIEW 



Cocoa I'nxluction Exceeds Consump- 

 tion 



U. S. Consul General Robt. P. Skinner, 

 of llaml)urg, fnrnislies the fcillowing in- 

 tcri'stinjr information : 



'•\\itliin fifteen years, aceortling to the 

 Gordiaii. of llanil)urg, tlie world's crop of 

 raw coeoa ))eans lias inereasetl from 

 7.".,(i(io to 2iir..()()ii tons. Should the ( iold 

 I'oa.'^t crop eontinue to inerease at its pres- 

 ent ratio, and all other erojis remain sta- 

 tionary, hy 1<U4 the world's erop will liave 

 reaeiied :?()(),()()() tons, and henee by that 

 time the Gold Coast singly, with a erop 

 of 1S(),()00 tons, will be produeing as mueh 

 raw coeoa as is now consumed, which in 

 1 '.»()'.» was 170,04.") tons with .■).'{, :!7S tons 

 credited to the United States as against 

 27,201 in 100.3. If farmers keep on ex- 

 tending their plantations, unless the con- 

 sumption increases in the same ratio, stocks 

 are bound to accumulate and jirices to go 

 down." 



Economical Fertilizing 



Detailed suggestions on the best nKtiin(l> 

 of fertilizing and the most profitable kinds 

 of fertilizer constituents to apply on soils 

 of diflFerent character, are contained in 

 I-armcrs' BuUctUi No. .']08, recently issueil 

 by the U. S. Department of .\griculture. 



"Commercial fertilizers are expensive," 

 it says, "and should be used only when 

 needed, and then the deficiencies and re- 

 quirements of the soil and the crop must 

 be a matter of accurate knowledge before 

 they can be used with economical benefit. 



The experts of the department say that 

 "With a good rotation, deep and thorough 

 tillage, and the use of green manures. 

 legumes and winter cover crops, the quan- 

 tity of commercial fertilizers required for 

 a given crop yield can be consideralily re- 

 duced, and a great saving affected. Some 

 growers get twice as large yields as others. 



both located on similar soils, due to the 

 fact that the former have a better under- 

 standing of the use of fertilizers and em- 

 ploy belter methods." 



.\ ( inod 'i'rce for Cuba 

 ( )iil\ ;i \er> limited portion of the I'nited 

 Stales can be iililixed for growing the 

 eiicalvplus. Only tliose portions warm 

 enough to grow oranges are available at all, 

 and this makes Cuba a most favored terri 

 tory, where fine specimens may be met with 

 along the country roads. Even in New 

 Orleans the records show that it has been 

 cold enough to kill the trees fifteen times 

 in thirty-eight years. They cannot endure 

 a temperature below 24 degrees Fahrenheit. 

 Mr. Pinchot says that "the most essential 

 requirements of blue gums and other euca- 

 lypts is an adequate supply of soil mois- 

 ture." "Blue gums grow well in situations 

 where the ground water level is very close 

 to the surface, and it will even endure 

 standing water for short periods." "bdgs 

 furnish an important source of moisture 

 Mipiily for eucalypts.'' 



( )r;iiigc and Lemon imports 



111 the matter of oranges, home produc- 

 tion in the United States is rapidly decreas- 

 ing the importations, of this fruit, which 

 in ISOO were valued at 2 million dollars. 

 P.y 1000 this had fallen to one million and 

 in 1010 to less than a hundred thousand 

 dollars. Lemon importations likewise in 

 1 010 jjresent only the importations at less 

 value than in ISOO. The figures then were 

 three and one-half millions, as compared 

 with three million dollars twenty years 

 later. On the other hand, bananas, and 

 eocoaiiuts continue to increase in value of 

 im])orts. — Compilation made by the Bureau 

 of Statistics, U. S. Department of Com- 

 merce and Labor. 



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