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THE CUBA RE\'IEW 



production for lUO'J-lO was 2oU,00() gallons, 

 valued at $100,000, and 350,000 pounds of 

 wax, worth $66,300. The crop of 1909-10 

 was considerablj' below the average on ac- 

 count of the drought. The annual produc- 

 tion of a colony of bees in an American 

 hive under normal conditions is stated to 

 be twenty gallons of honey and three and 

 one-half to four pounds of wax, and in a 

 native hive from twelve to fifteen gallons of 

 honey and two and one-half to three pounds 

 of wax. A colony or hive of bees is worth 

 $4 to $4.50. 



As the climatic conditions in Cuba are 

 such that the bees work nearly every day 

 in the year, honey may be taken from the 

 hives at any time, but two principal crops 

 are generally realized from the industry. 

 Tl ose apiculturists who use American 

 hives are able to take honey from the hives 

 at any time, thereby afifording abundant 

 room for storing and thus increasing the 

 production. 



The native Cuban hive consists solely of 

 a cedar log about four feet in length, hol- 

 lowed out and split through the center, so 

 that one part can be laid over the other. 

 Usually a weight of some kind is placed 

 over the top to hold the two pieces together, 

 though sometimes a staple is used to ac- 

 complish this. 



The more progressive apiarists use ex- 

 tractors for removing the honey from the 

 combs, but many of the natives use a 

 common jute bag suspended above a bar- 

 rel or vessel into which the honey is al- 

 lowed to drip while the wax remains in the 

 bag. 



Most of the honey produced in this Prov- 

 ince is exported to Holland. Of the total 

 shipments for 1910— $50,126— $28,676 went 

 to that country, the United States taking 

 $2,424 worth. The total shipments of bees- 

 wax during 1910 were valued at $41,862, 

 of which $29,065 worth went to Germany 

 and $2,646 to the United States. 



HIGH-GRADE VERSUS LOW-GRADE 



Professor B. E Rose, from a compari- 

 son of the composition and cost of fer- 

 tihzers on sale in Florida, says that "the 

 high-grade fertiUzers for but little more 

 than a third advance in price over the cost 

 of the low-class goods furnish two-thirds 

 more plant food and five-sixths more com- 

 mercial value." 



A Massachusetts expert, H. D. Haskin, 

 says on the same subject: "It is evident 

 that too many purchasers select a fertilizer 

 for its low cost and without much regard 

 to the plant food which they are getting. 

 The object in buying a fertilizer should be 

 to get the largest amount of plant food in 

 the proper form and proportion for the 

 least money. The high-grade goods 'ap- 

 proach as near this ideal as is possible in 



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case of factory mixed fertilizers. It costs 

 just as much to freight, cart and handle 

 the low-grade fertilizers as it does the 

 high grade. Nitrogen and potash in low- 

 grade fertilizers cost from a third to a 

 half more than if obtained from high-grade 

 goods. The farmer cannot afford to buy 

 low-grade fertilizers." 



IRRIGATION REOUIREMENTS 



Noel Deerr, the well-known sugar au- 

 thority and author of the valuable work 

 recently published entitled "Cane Sugar," 

 says that the quantity of water used for 

 irrigation is calculated as a well of so 

 many cubic feet per second, or as a rain 

 of so many inches per acre. An inch 

 of rain per acre is equivalent to 101.5 tons 

 of water, and a well of 1 cubic foot per 

 second is equivalent in a year to a rain of 

 88 inches per 100 acres, of 147 inches per 

 60 acres, and of 195 inches per 45 acres. 

 In India a well of water of one cubic 

 foot per second is considered by different 

 authorities as sufficient to irrigate 100, 60 

 and 45 acres of sugar cane fields. 



Experiments made in Hawaii have 

 shown that the best production is obtained 

 when a cubic foot of water per second is 

 administered to every 41.6 acres. 



