Cuba and her people of to-day : an account of the history and progress of the island previous to its independence; a description of its physical features; a study of its people; and, in particular, an examination of its present political conditions, its industries, natural resources, and prospects; together with information and suggestions designed to aid the prospective investor or settler . ombinationof unfavorable conditions is failure in its worstform. Cuba has suffered incalculable harmfrom the effects of dishonest and ignorant ex-ploitation by American and Canadian landcompanies. But the
Cuba and her people of to-day : an account of the history and progress of the island previous to its independence; a description of its physical features; a study of its people; and, in particular, an examination of its present political conditions, its industries, natural resources, and prospects; together with information and suggestions designed to aid the prospective investor or settler . ombinationof unfavorable conditions is failure in its worstform. Cuba has suffered incalculable harmfrom the effects of dishonest and ignorant ex-ploitation by American and Canadian landcompanies. But the fact remains that thereare few more inviting fields for effort in agri-culture, if intelligently undertaken with suffi-cient means. The future development of Cuba must bealong agricultural lines and it must dependmainly upon foreigners, of whom the greaterproportion will unquestionably be colony, or community system, is the bestmeans of promoting this development, andthere are a number of large companies engagedin it under admirable methods. These corpo-rations are affording every possible aid to thesettlements for which they are responsible, andare encouraging none to take up their landswithout the means of profitably working them. One of the greatest present requirements ofCuba is a revival of its old-time stock annual imports of cattle, horses, and mules. Future Farming in Cuba 237 are large, and would be much larger if thepeasants had the means of buying the animalsthat they sorely need. There is probably ashortage of not less than half a million headof various kinds of stock in the Island. Thedemand is constant and great. Horses andmules are everywhere employed as beasts ofburden, and the ox is the universal draft ani-mal. A sugar plantation of fifteen hundredacres will need about three hundred oxen, be-sides perhaps fifty horses and mules, and willslaughter twenty-five or more head of cattlemonthly for meat. There is no doubt but that several l
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