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THINGS WHICH MUST RECEIVE ATTENTION TO MAICE THE LAND MORE 



PRODUCTIVE 



J'lvery one admits that Cuban agriculture 

 is in a very backward condition, that the 

 land does not produce what it should, and 

 that the work of the laborer is not ef- 

 ficiently and economically directed. 



The work of the farm has not been suf- 

 ficiently attractive and remunerative to 

 hold tiie young men, especially the edu- 

 cated young men, and as a consequence 

 the best of the country element is drained 

 by the city, the young men taking up medi- 

 cine and law, or joining that large body of 

 men seeking public ofiice. 



Ho\v can this be remedied? By making 

 the farm more attractive and remunerative 

 to the present generation of men and by 

 correctly teaching the boys and the young 

 men who are to constitute the future body 

 of citizens. 



Something, though not enough, is being- 

 done now already. Roads and bridges are 

 being constructed, thus making communica- 

 tion easier and enabling the transportation 

 of all the products of the country to the 

 markets. 



The Cuban Experimental Station is in- 

 vestigating many of the more pressing 

 problems of agriculture and is spreading 

 the knowledge thus gained as fast as pos- 

 sible through its bulletins and circulars. 



But even should all of the pressing prob- 

 lems be satisfactorily solved, to whom is 

 the Experimental Station to address itself? 

 Assuredly, there are many excellent schools 

 and colleges, and their good results in edu- 

 cation are undoubted. They turn out many 

 educated men and women — educated in 

 law, medicine, music, literature, art and 

 science, but do not educate agriculturists. 



In a country where the agricultural prod- 

 ucts constitute her entire wealth, there is 

 not a single institute where young men may 

 learn the scientific principles and practices 

 of agriculture, being compelled to seek for- 

 eign countries for such instruction. The 

 consequence is that but few attend agricul- 

 tural colleges, and thus the greatest avenue 

 to successful life in Cuba is practically 

 closed to the great majority of her young 

 men. 



The sugar factories need chemists and 

 superintendents, and the fields need com- 

 petent agriculturists and overseers ; the 

 tobacco fields and factories need men 

 equipped for the growing and manufactur- 

 ing of tobacco scientifically. 



In the future the subject of irrigation, 

 forestry, motor plowing, cultivation, fer- 

 tilization, rotation of crops, etc., are going 

 to receive a great deal of attention both at 

 the hands of the government and the indi- 

 vidual, and with this will come great op- 

 portunities for young men. The scientific 

 departments of the government will grow, 

 and with this growth will come demands 

 for men who have scientific and practical 

 training necessary to carry out its work. 



Where will these men come from? From 

 what institutions? Clearly it is the duty 

 of the Cuban government to provide the 

 proper educational facihties for the train- 

 ing of her own youth, and, to judge by the 

 experience of some of the most advanced 

 agricultural nations, this can but be done 

 by the establishment of an agricultural and 

 mechanical college, a college well equipped 

 wath ample funds for the carrying out of 

 the great work that is needed. 



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