. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 24 THE CUBA REVIEW AGRICULTURAL MATTERS.—TOBACCO. Tobacco in the Santa Clara District. Supplementing his previous report on Cuban tobacco raising,* Consul Max J. Baehr, of Cienfuegos, transmits the fol- lowing information, furnished by Mr. John S. Stanley, of Manicaragua, on the cultivation of tobacco in the Santa Clara district: "Cultivation of tobacco, it seems, is almost wholly done on the share system, the workingmen giving to the owner of the plantation one-third of the crop. The owner supplies land, living and tobacco- curing houses, poles, ox
. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 24 THE CUBA REVIEW AGRICULTURAL MATTERS.—TOBACCO. Tobacco in the Santa Clara District. Supplementing his previous report on Cuban tobacco raising,* Consul Max J. Baehr, of Cienfuegos, transmits the fol- lowing information, furnished by Mr. John S. Stanley, of Manicaragua, on the cultivation of tobacco in the Santa Clara district: "Cultivation of tobacco, it seems, is almost wholly done on the share system, the workingmen giving to the owner of the plantation one-third of the crop. The owner supplies land, living and tobacco- curing houses, poles, oxen, plows, etc., and all tools necessary, and all monies or groceries advanced are charged up against them. Two or more men work together, and each man cultivates about four acres of tobacco, or about 30,000 plants, which in an ordinary year should yield 3,000 pounds of tobacco. Work commences about Oct. 1 and continues to May 1. With 3,000 pounds, and 12^ cents a pound as an average price, the value of the crop would be $375. De- ducting the one-third for the owner of the plantation, would leave for the work- man $250 for seven months' work, or nearly $36 per month for each. A thrifty man can almost feed his family from the extra land he is allowed to cultivate, salt,. sugar, coffee and clothing being about all that he will require from the store. During the other five months he may work in the baling house sorting the tobacco, where he may earn $ to $ a day. A living house made of grass and yagua costs $75; a tobacco house for curing the tobacco raised by two men, costs $300; a yoke of oxen which will prepare land for two men will come to $125; poles for drying the tobacco for two men, $75; plows and other necessary tools, about $15; land necessary for two men, at current rate, is worth about $150. "It will be seen, therefore, that the owner has exDended $740 and receives $250, or about 34 per cent, on his in- vestment. The depreciation in value may be estimate
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