THE CUBA REVIEW 



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AGRICULTURAL PROFITS TWELVE MONTHS OF THE 

 YEAR IN CUBA. 



The face of the land smiles with prosperity -the traveller rides aston 

 ished through a garden of plenty — " 



THE BEST WAY ALL THE WAY 



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to the United States, its soil, its climate, its grazing lands, 

 its forests, its mineral resources, all offer limitless possibili- 

 ties to capital and enterprise. Cuba is essentially an agri- 



QUEEN & CRESCENT 



ROUTE-SOUTHERN 



RAILWAY. 



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cultural country. 



STOCK RAISING. 



In all the opportunities "" ^"^'^^""^•" 

 for industrial investment 

 enterprise which Cuba of- 

 fers, one fact stands out 

 most prominently. Cuba 

 is an "all-the-year-round" 

 country. There is no un- 

 productive season. There 



is no snow, no frost, no % 



time when vegetation re- 

 fuses to grow or to bear 



fruit, no months when live stock must be housed and 

 cared for. Several crops can be raised from the same land 

 in a single year and cattle graze from one year's end to 

 another. 



AGRICULTURE. 



The fact that frost is unknown in Cuba, which 

 greatly diminishes the dangers to the crops, and the 

 unquestionable excellence of the Cuban fruits and vege- 

 tables, are all powerful factors, contributing toward the 

 spreading of the Cuban fruit and vegetable trade. 



The farmer here does not find his investment idle 

 half the year, in the grip of frost. Instead of having his 

 property frozen up, literally paralyzed through the winter 

 and his funds drawn upon to support idle stock, the Cuban 

 farm-owner is able to see products preparing for market 

 and going to market twelve months of the year. This 



