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Title: The Cuba review and bulletin
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
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Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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through the thick tropical undergrowth, calls off his dogs, scatters a little corn aboutfor the pigs and then continues his search. The Cubans are great admirers of thefine American breeds of swine, and breeding berkshire, poland chinas, duroc jerseysor tamworths should prove profitable here. White hogs do not do well in tropicalcountries, as the sun makes their backs sore. Another profitable industry, if properly carried on, is poultry raising. This hasalready been written upon several times in this magazine. Fresh eggs are worth from4 to S cents apiece in Havana the year around and chickens from 60 cents to a dollar. There are a number of diseases and parasitic pests of poultry, but with proper carethey will pay well. To those who contemplate going into poultry I would advise tobegin in a modest way and give them plenty of range and some animal food. As arule the Mediterranean breeds such as the brown leghorns or black minorcas do betterin Cuba than the heavier American or Asiatics.
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A CUBANMODELCOWSTABLE. 4R THE CUBA REVIEW. Garden Crops in Cuba. By G. F. Austin. Chief of Department of Horticulture, Cuban Agricultural Station. Some Definite Information About What to Plant and When toPlant, and the Best Varieties.

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