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THE CUBA REVIEW 



Dr. Carlos de la Torre, a well-known 

 naturalist, found some valuable fossils re- 

 cently while on a scientific excursion up to 

 the Jatibonica Sierras. The specimens be- 

 long" to the Myomorphus Cubenses, which 

 are exact duplicates of fossils found in the 

 Andes, supporting the probability of the 

 theory that the island of Cuba formed in 

 the past ages a part of the American con- 

 tinent. 



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COCOANUT TREE YIELDS 



From 48 to 50 trees, planted 30 by 30, are 

 calculated to the acre, says Tropical Life 

 of London, and no well-planted estate for 

 good reasons will plant them closer. 



The basis for the value of an estate 

 planted to cocoanuts is made on an annual 

 average yield of 50 nuts per tree of nine 

 years' age and 40 nuts for palms eight years 

 old. This, whilst a fair return, is the fuH 

 average allowance, although, of course, 

 many trees do exceed this number. Returns 

 of 200 to 400 nuts per tree in a year are 

 rare. 



Experiments in the Philippines have 

 proved that cocoanuts will grow away from 

 the sea, in suitable (i. e., loose, light) soil, 

 provided there is ample water in the sub- 

 soil, placed there either by natural or arti- 

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 wise stagnant, but has the same, or as nearly 

 as possible the same, constant ebb and flow 

 about the roots of the palms that they enjoy 

 along the seashore. 



The work on the government road from 

 La Gloria to Port Viaro is going forward 

 satisfactorily. The contractor expects to 

 have the whole finished in the middle of 

 April. 



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