. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. 17 TOBACCO. Remedies for Biting Insects. We recommend a careful and thor- ough trial of the arsenate of lead for poisoning biting insects both in the seed- beds and in the field, on young plants only. Five gallons of 40% formalin should not cost more than $14 (at 35 cents per pound) and should fertilize about i,oco square feet of seed-bed. Thirty pounds of copper sulphate should be enough for making bordeaux mixture for treating 2,000 square feet of diseased seed-bed and should not cost more than $4-50 (af 15 cents per pound). Both of these and the arsenate
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. 17 TOBACCO. Remedies for Biting Insects. We recommend a careful and thor- ough trial of the arsenate of lead for poisoning biting insects both in the seed- beds and in the field, on young plants only. Five gallons of 40% formalin should not cost more than $14 (at 35 cents per pound) and should fertilize about i,oco square feet of seed-bed. Thirty pounds of copper sulphate should be enough for making bordeaux mixture for treating 2,000 square feet of diseased seed-bed and should not cost more than $4-50 (af 15 cents per pound). Both of these and the arsenate of lead should be obtainable from almost any of the large drug or wholesale agricul- tural supply houses. Field Experiments. As dry weather prevailed when field tests were made, no pudricion appeared in the open beds, even when unsterilized; so in this case nothing was gained by the formalin treatment and no further data are to be recorded regarding it. In cer- tain of the covered beds, however, the pudricion appeared 'sind the bordeaux mixture was applied with the best pos- sible results, checking the damping ofT completely and quite unexpectedly pro- tecting the beds from cachazudos (cut- worms). Results seem definitely to solve a problem which the Cuban tobacco grow- ers have recognized for many years as of the utmost importance, but which never has been satisfactorily met before. The tobacco crop of the United States in 1907 from 25 states, and grown on 820,800 acres, was 698,126,000 pounds, with a value of $76,793,860. Cuba's 1907 tobacco crop was 45,000,000 pounds, or 653,126,000 pounds less than its gigantic neighbor, but its value was nearly $32,- 500,000, a little less than one-half of the value of the entire production of the United States. • Racing in Cuba Racing in Cuba is a disappointment — to put It mildly. The horses get around all right, and do their part remarkably well, the jockeys hold on, the climate is fine, the location ideal, the betting scjuare enoug
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