. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. 17 AMERICAN COLONY SWEDISH COLONY AT BAYATE, CUBA. The residents gathering for religious service on Sunday morning Too many people come to Cuba with -the sole and single purpose of raising an orange grove. Most of the men who come have but slender means, says Sound the La Gloria Cuban-Ameri- Advice to can, and yet almost unnani- Colonists. mously their chief energies lare devoted to raising an orange grove from the start, usually neg- lecting entirely the provision of the means of existence on their own land. The result is that when their resources a
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. 17 AMERICAN COLONY SWEDISH COLONY AT BAYATE, CUBA. The residents gathering for religious service on Sunday morning Too many people come to Cuba with -the sole and single purpose of raising an orange grove. Most of the men who come have but slender means, says Sound the La Gloria Cuban-Ameri- Advice to can, and yet almost unnani- Colonists. mously their chief energies lare devoted to raising an orange grove from the start, usually neg- lecting entirely the provision of the means of existence on their own land. The result is that when their resources are entirely exhausted they become discouraged and disappointed and often abandon everything to go back north branded with failure and broken with defeat. Such a result might almost invariably be avoided if the colonist would make a point cf first solving the living problem before spending one cent on an orange grove, using what means he has in hand to live in the meantime. Live stock is as essential Solve the to a comfortable existence on Living Prob- the farm in Cuba as it is in lem First, the north. The colonist should secure a pasture as quickly as possible, get a cow or several good milch goats. He should fence a piece of land and provide himself with some thorough-bred hogs and poultry. He should have a few hives of bees—and take care of them. He should leave northern vegetables alone until he has prepared a piece of ground and planted a good supply of native tropical vegetables, such as sweet- potatoes, yams, cassava, melango, chayotas, beans, etc.—these are just as nutritious and just as tasteful as the northern varieties, and they are always a sure crop. When this is done he can experiment with north- ern vegetables without fear of being left foodless. He should plant bananas, plan- tains, coffee and some of the quick grow- ing fruits, such as pineapples, papayas, ro- sada, etc. All this should be done with tne chief idea of supplying his own table. When the colonis
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