. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 29. Typical Coffee Plantation Headquarters of the Better Class, Oriente Province. which was established three or four years ago in Pinar del Rio, a wet method was utihzed, in which the berries themselves as they come from the grove are dumped into large vats or tanks containing water through which a steady and hea'v^ stream flows, as experience indicates that heavy, fully developed berries will sink to the bottom, while the hghter and immature berries float to the surface. Another system by which the hghter, more worth- less berries are removed from the coffe
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 29. Typical Coffee Plantation Headquarters of the Better Class, Oriente Province. which was established three or four years ago in Pinar del Rio, a wet method was utihzed, in which the berries themselves as they come from the grove are dumped into large vats or tanks containing water through which a steady and hea'v^ stream flows, as experience indicates that heavy, fully developed berries will sink to the bottom, while the hghter and immature berries float to the surface. Another system by which the hghter, more worth- less berries are removed from the coffee after it is hulled is that of suction, in which a current of air drawn through the thin layers of coffee beans sucks up, thus remo-ving, the lighter product; but, as we have said, these methods of classification are not utilized in Cuba, with the result that our product does not present to the eye the same uniformity in size and color shown by each class of coffee bean as produced in Porto Rico or Brazil, where the industry is estabhshed on a more progressive and advanced basis. In the coffee producing sections of Cuba, certain firms have for many years devoted their time and attention to the financing of the coffee growers and the gathering together and preparation for final marketing of their products. We know of no grower in the Island whose financial position and volume of operations justifies his carrying this on independentlj^, in every case there being a contractual relation between the planter and the merchant or financier to whom the crop is ultimately dehvered. Contracts covering the establishment and operation of coffee groves are usually for periods of eight or more years, and the relations thus entered into frequently persist for many years after the contracts expire, due to the friendly and mutual interests thus created. All contracts stipulate that a certain minimum amount per month shall be advanced by the merchant to the planter, and that when the coffee is g
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