THE CUBA REVIE TV 



15 



Province of Matanzas 73 



Province of Santa Clara 49 



Province of Oriente 43 



Province of Camaguey 10 



Since 1921, when provision was made for improvement in the agricultural sections 

 of the schools, naturally awakening public interest in Cuba in this branch of instruction, 

 plans have been approved for constructing houses for lodging teachers, with all the 

 necessary conveniences for demonstrating the principles of gardening. The course at the 

 Quinta de los Molinos is primarily intended to better fit teachers for this work. Small 

 plots of ground are assigned to groups composed of the teachers and inspectors of each 

 respective district, and the members of the class are provided with the necessary tools. 

 Each group will prepare the ground assigned to it, plant the seed, and cultivate the prod- 

 uct desired. While various crops will be grown, study will be devoted chiefly to plants 

 adapted to truck gardening. The inspectors of the various districts are to aid the teachers 

 in every way, and enable them to obtain the greatest benefit possible from the classes, 

 while a careful record will be kept of the attendance. The inspectors are requested to 

 see that the teachers taking the course wear clothing suitable to the work. 



Although the study of agriculture forms only a part of the program of the rural 

 schools, and has also been included in the courses of the city public schools, it is con- 

 sidered a subject of growing importance in the education of the children physically, 

 practically, and economically. The course now inaugurated at the Quinta de los Molinos 

 is a part of the development of this branch of education in Cuba from which valuable 

 and far-reaching results are confidently awaited. — Pan American Union. 



Petroleum Production in Cuba 



Considerable activity in drilling for 

 petroleum in Cuba, where its existence has 

 been noted in several localities, began in 

 1914, when several companies organized 

 for that purpose, made tests in many places 

 in the Province of Habana, and on a 

 smaller scale in Pinar del Rio. At present 

 the only active mineral oil wells in these 

 Provinces are at Bacurano, Province of 

 Habana, where a company sank its first 

 well in 1917. It is stated that it has pro- 

 duced approximately 300,000 barrels of 

 crude petroleum to date; at present the 

 combined total output of the wells amounts 

 to about 20 barrels daily. The wells aver- 

 age from 1,000 to 1,200 feet in depth. 

 The crude oil is carried by gravity through 

 a 2-inch pipe line from the field to Minas, 

 a distance of about 3 miles, and there 

 loaded into tank cars belonging to a re- 

 fining company which has purchased the 

 total output of the field. ("Consul General 

 Carlton Bailey Hurst, Habana, June 19.) 



New Sugar Company in Brazil 



Reports of satisfactory crops are re- 

 ceived from Brazilian sugar districts, and 

 it is said that the frost in the southern 

 areas has done but little damage, according 

 to cable dispatches from Rio de Janeiro. 

 Sugar stocks in Brazilian ports on August 

 22 were 84.000 bags (132 lbs.) at Pemam- 

 buco, 59,432 bags at Rio de Janeiro and 

 84,000 bags at Sao Paulo. The Campos 

 sugar interests are reported to be endeavor- 

 ing to institute a scheme of sugar valoriza- 

 tion similar to that employed for coffee 

 price maintenance, but with doubtful pros- 

 pects of success. 



A new sugar and alcohol producing 

 company, the Cia Assucareira Distilladora, 

 has been organized at San Antonio dos 

 Passos in Minas Geraes. Colonel Jorge 

 Davis is the head of the company, which 

 is capitalized at 1,500 cantos. The plans 

 call for the construction of a modern sugar 

 mill wdth a capacity of 25.000 bags of sugar 

 and 50,000 liters of alcohol— /''"af/i About 

 Sugar. 



