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enthusiasm  in  our  young  people,  and  a deeper  love  for  the  land 
than  they  now  realize  themselves  to  be  capable  of. 
Finally  “No  man  liveth  to  himself.”  However  we  live, 
whether  wisely  or  unwisely,  future  generations  must  feel  the 
influence  of  our  living.  We  must  live  for  our  children;  for 
their  sakes  we  must  try  to  save  a land  on  which  they  can  live, 
work  and  grow  as  we  have  lived,  worked  and  grown,  only  we 
hope  they  will  improve  upon  us. 
Do  you  remember  the  wail  of  the  prophet  Elijah  when  he 
was  hiding  in  the  mountain  cave  from  the  fierce  wrath  of 
Jezebel?  “Let  me  die,  for  I am  not  better  than  my  fathers!” 
Not  to  be  better  than  his  fathers  seemed  to  him,  apparently, 
the  acme  of  failure.  We  will  hope  that  our  children  will  not 
have  to  face  a calamity  so  dire. 
When  the  great  Creator  placed  man  upon  the  earth  he  said, 
in  effect,  “Behold  I am  giving  you  a great,  beautiful  world  to 
inherit.  I have  left  it  for  you  to  discover  and  develop  its  mar- 
velous resources.  Go  in  and  possess  the  land ; it  shall  be  to 
you  an  heritage  and  to  your  children  after  you.  But  remem- 
ber the  children ; you  cannot  live  for  yourself  alone,  you  must 
pass  your  work  on,  and  on,  and  on,  till  the  end  of  time.  And 
when  you  rest  from  your  labors,  still  your  works  will  follow 
you.” 
WAGES  IN  CUBA. 
A recent  British  Consular  Report  states  that  the  average 
agricultural  wages  paid  in  Cuba  are  as  follows:  For  a fore- 
man, about  £7  12s.  8d.  per  month;  for  a laborer  (presumably 
more  or  less  skilled),  about  3s.  6a.  per  day,  and  for  an  ordinary 
“farm  hand,”  about  2s.  ncl.  per  day.  The  cost  of  board  for  a 
laborer  is  placed  at  about  9s.  per  week. — The  Agricultural  News, 
Barbados. 
CALCIUM  CYANAMIDE. 
Experiments  with  the  new  nitrogenous  manure,  calcium 
cyanamide,  reported  upon  in  the  Journal  of  the  Board  of  Agri- 
culture (Great  Britain)  lead  to  the  conclusion  that  “this 
manure,  as  now  manufactured,  can  be  stored  for  a reason- 
able time,  under  ordinary  conditions,  without  loss  of  its  fer- 
tilizing properties,  and  that  the  calcium  cyanamide  can  also  be 
mixed  with  superphosphate,  without  difficulty  or  resulting 
loss.” 
