. The Cuba review and bulletin. han fifteen years experience in southernagriculture, so that he is specially fitted forwork in Cuba. Assistant in Department of Plant Pathol-ogy, J. S. Houser, a graduate of the Kan-sas Agricultural College, who for severalyears has been assistant entomologist pfthe Ohio Experiment Station, and has writ-ten several important bulletins on ento-mological subjects. VUELTA ARRIBA TOBACCO. Reports from Santa Clara province ontobacco are to the effect that there areabout thirty Escojidas (selecting sheds)in operation throughout the of these are importa
. The Cuba review and bulletin. han fifteen years experience in southernagriculture, so that he is specially fitted forwork in Cuba. Assistant in Department of Plant Pathol-ogy, J. S. Houser, a graduate of the Kan-sas Agricultural College, who for severalyears has been assistant entomologist pfthe Ohio Experiment Station, and has writ-ten several important bulletins on ento-mological subjects. VUELTA ARRIBA TOBACCO. Reports from Santa Clara province ontobacco are to the effect that there areabout thirty Escojidas (selecting sheds)in operation throughout the of these are important. The out-put this year, according to the planters,will double that of last year. At Remedios, the principal center in theVuelta Arriba district, there are at pres-ent six large escojidas. About 1,045 per-sons, including men and women, are em-ployed at these places, and the wages-aregood. During the last month (July) 1,900bales have been packed. Manufacturershave agreed to pay 70 cents for twenty-fivepounds of picked A tobacco factory at FROM SANTA LUCIA, NUEVITAS. CUBA. Editor The Cuba Review and Bulletin, Dear Sir:—I have been experimentingwith broom corn. I think we can growa good quality of brush at this place. Somethat I have grown for the seed is a littlebit coarse. I am told by planting thickerthe brush will be finer. What is the experience of your readersalong this line in other parts of the island?Yours very truly, C. C. No. 12 of the Hawaii Agri-cultural Experiment Station deals withthe mango. It gives full directions forsoil requirements, selection of seed, howto plant, budding, layering, grafting,transplanting, pruning, etc. Considerablespace is devoted to the uses of themango, and to mango breeding and itsdiseases. Hawaii has 40 diflerent va-rieties and Prof. Higgins records a col-lection of 500 in India. He Calls it theKing of Fruits. There are many fineillustrations. sale of the SANTA CATALINA SUGAR ESTATETO AN AMERICA
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