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Title: The Cuba review
Identifier: cubareview15muns (find matches)
Year: 1907-1931 (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
Subjects: Cuba -- Periodicals
Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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THE CUB A R E V I !•: W 15
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Planting Orange Trees. can be foiiiK) in which to locate, there are frequently advantages from association with neigh- bors who speak your language and w^ho have interests in comm.on. On the other hand be ab- solutely sure that the location of the colony does not bar its menp.bers from a reasonable chance of success. Most any one with a fair knowledge of agriculture and willing to work can make a living in Cuba, since many of the chief elements of expenses in the United States may be dispensed with in this latitude. First of all the fuel bill for heating purposes during winter is entirely eliminated, since even in the coldest days the rays of the sun will render one comfortable while at rest, and very little exercise will keep one warm, where the thermometer seldom, falls below 60 degrees. Fuel for cooking in the country, as a rule, may be found in the nearby forests and charcoal can always be purchased at reasonable prices. The heavy warm, clothing necessary to protect one against cold in the north, may be entirely dispensed with, which eliminates another expense. Garden vegetables and poultry will not only go far towards furnishing food for the family, but may always be exchanged in the nearby towns for those articles that cannot be readily l)roduced, on the farm. Lands sold through colonization companies are frequently held at a much higher value than the same lands could be bought outside of the company; but, on the other hand, the co-operation of neighbors engaged in the same or similar industry is often very helpful and m.ore than compensates for the difference in the price of the land. Unfortunately, the selection of the lands occupied by many of our American and Canadian colonies in this Republic, was made by individuals who ferm.it ted the low prices asked to ob- scure that fatal defect of unwise location, thus placing the colony from the first, at a great dis- advantage in its struggle for success. In spite of those disadvantages which result from an unfortunate location, \\here colonists are cut off from decent transportation facilities, one of these colonies at least has managed to exist, and in a way prosper, although everything but climate and. soil was against it from the first. Other colonies have been located, by reckless speculators, on the poorest kind of soil,

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