. The Cuba review. 28 THE CUBA REVIEW farming and the segregation of cacao beds from maize, a combination of hand-collecting and spraying and maintaining unremitting watchfulness. Another serious pest is the pod-borer, per- haps belonging to the genus Myelois, which is found in large numbers, up to 120, meshed in a ravel of silk among dry brown powder and riddled seeds, in cacao pods, left hanging on the trees or lying on the ground. The damage done must be incalculable. The larva of a Cerambycid does serious damage by boring the trunk and branches; the adult is unknown. WORLDS PRODUCTION OF C
. The Cuba review. 28 THE CUBA REVIEW farming and the segregation of cacao beds from maize, a combination of hand-collecting and spraying and maintaining unremitting watchfulness. Another serious pest is the pod-borer, per- haps belonging to the genus Myelois, which is found in large numbers, up to 120, meshed in a ravel of silk among dry brown powder and riddled seeds, in cacao pods, left hanging on the trees or lying on the ground. The damage done must be incalculable. The larva of a Cerambycid does serious damage by boring the trunk and branches; the adult is unknown. WORLDS PRODUCTION OF CACAO In 1912, figures of cacao production show the following quantities and sources of supply. These ai'e compiled from valuable sources: Tons. Gold coast 39,500 Ecuador 35,500 St. Thomas 35,500 Brasil 30,500 St. DomingT 20,900 Trinidad 18,900 Venezuela 12,500 Guanada 5,500 Nigeria 3,500 Ceylon 3,500 Jamaica 3,400 Other countries 20,400 A NEW AGRICULTURAL COMPANY In Guantanamo a new company will be organized, under the protection of English law, to be known as the Cuba Sugar and Cattle Company, in the interests, as its name indicates, of the sugar and cattle industry. The head office of the company wiU be in Kingston, where several capitalists are financially interested in the new company. An executive committee will have charge of affairs in Cuba. These officers wiU be chosen later. The object of the company is to acquire, in the Guantanamo section, one or more farms well situated and suitable for the grow- ing of cane. There must be an adequate. Gathering the crop of cacao to agrieultura enterpris of Beola & Co. at Tacajo, Oriente Province. Recolecta de la cosecha de cacao de la Empresa Agricola de Beola & Co. de Tacajo, Oriente, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Munson Steamsh
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