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and depth of planting; the nost important insects attacking vegetables 
in Puerto Rico and methods of controlling then; analysis of cost of 
production for vegetables grown in the northeastern region of Puerto 
Rico, 1929/32 average (this includes transportation costs); prices 
obtained 1925/26 to 1929/30; average production per acre, 3-year 
average and highest amount produced. Tomatoes are included in all 
of these- tables. 
Se trata de evitar que se rebaja la tarifa sobre tomates, pimientos y otros 
vegetales. Una carta de la Asociacion de agricultores al efecto. El 
Agricultor Puerto rriquenb 10(10): 17. Nov. 30, 1930. 8 Ag833 
Text of a letter from the Asociacion de Agricultores de Paerto Rico 
to Theodore Roosevelt, Governor of Puerto Rico, urging that the tariff 
on tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables should not be lowered again, 
since low prices in the United States consuming markets formerly did 
not cover costs of production. Production has been stimulated by the 
new tariffs. 
CUBA 
Agete, Fernando. Cultivo del t ornate. Revista de Agricultura, Comercio y 
Trabajo cCubaD 10(4): 3-15. Oct. 1928. 8 Ag88Re 
Outlines the steps in the cultivation of tomatoes. Detailed state- 
ments of costs are included for the plantation and for one hectare, 
and comparative results obtained with different varieties and under 
different conditions. 
Agete, Pernando. Estudio econoraico de una explotacion de tomates. Revista 
• de Agricultura cCubai 14(53, i. e. 23?): 37-46. May 1934. 8 Ag88Re 
An economic study of a tomato ranch in Son Cristobal. Equipment and 
labor costs of preparing the land, sowing, transplanting and fertilizing 
the crop, harvesting, packing, cost of transporting to wharves for the 
United States market, customs expenses, costs in the United States and in 
Cuba are worked out. The whole is summarized for -one hectare of land on 
p. 45, and for one case on p. 46. 
Agete, Fernando. Las huertas de demostracio'n. Revista de Agricultura, 
Comercio y Trabajo cCuba: 14(12): 3-15. June 1933. 8 Ag88Re 
Gives results obtained with demonstration gardens, showing (pp. 14-15) 
what was produced with 10 cents' (diez centavos) worth of seed for each 
of the plants, including tomatoes. 
Agete, Fernando. Labor del Departamento de horticultura de la estacion E. 
agronomica de Santiago de las Vegas, durante el anb comprendido entre 
julio de 1932 y junio de 1933; seccion de olericultura. Revista de 
Agricultura, Comercio. y Trabajo cCubai) 14(19): 3-34. Jan. 1934. 
8 Ag88Re 
This is a report of the work done by the Horticulture Department of 
the Agricultural Station of Santiago de las Vegas, July 1932-June 1933. 
