THE CUBA REVIEW 



27 



Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Exhibition 



The horticultural show in Havana, 

 opened a few weeks ago, is awakening 

 much enthusiasm. President Gomez visits 

 the exhibition almost dailv, and the attend- 

 ance marked!}- increases every day. There 

 were fine exhibits of the familiar products 

 of such exhibitions, entered by both nation 

 and American growers. The exhibits of the 

 latter especial!}- evoked enthusiasm from 

 both Cubans and Americans. 



La Liicha was outspoken in praise of the 

 American exhibit and said : 



"One thing more noticeable than most 

 others is the fact that the exhibitors in the 

 agricultural and horticultural departments 

 are Americans, men who have come to 

 Cuba from a different clime and have in 

 the past ten years or less so established 

 themselves, producing improved forms of 

 fruits and vegetables that it is not the 

 strangers in Cuba who are alone surprised 

 by the variety and magnificence of the 

 products of the island, but the Cubans 

 themselves are unacquainted with the pos- 

 sibilities of their own soil, and when they 

 view what has been accomplished by these 

 foreigners they can not express themselves 

 in their admiration and enthusiasm." 



Irrigation Production and Values 



A proper irrigation system no doubt con- 

 siderably increases the productive power of 

 the farm. Where the district is well sup- 

 plied, water can easily be led in all direc- 

 tions ; but w^here the rainfall or w-ells are 

 depended upon, windmills and chain pumps 

 are necessary. 



"So many improvements have been made 

 in the former that, except in name, there is 

 little to remind one of the old mills of 

 twenty years ago," says Tropical Life of 

 London. In the newer type very little at- 

 tention is required, for the sail is made in 

 such a manner that it automatically comes 

 out of the wind or the vanes feather if the 

 wind becomes too strong. 



With a sail 7 to 20 feet in diameter 360 

 to 10,000 gallons of w-ater can be raised 

 per day on an average. 



A reservoir for the surplus water to 

 avoid waste is desirable, or in case that 

 not being convenient, means should be 



CITRUS LANDS Planted and 



wild, also 

 suburban property. A few pieces for ex- 

 change. Write 



E. B. BRAND 

 Felton, Oriente, Cuba 



In the jungle — Eastern Cuba. 



