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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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Goats. Baracoa. and less risk, than in any section of the United States. Science, today, has rendered it poss- ible to eliminate the danger from contagious diseases to pork, hence it is that the raising of small stock, especially hogs, under the supervision of intelligent management, will prove to be one of the most remunerative industries of this Republic. Palmiche-fed pork is considered a greater delicacy than turkey or chicken. The native or domestic hog of the Island is, as might be expected, a common or scrub product, that, while healthy and prohfic, puts on flesh slowly, and is fitted only for fresh pork. This pork, however, with its nutty flavor of the "palmiche," is excellent eating, and when cooked, retails during the holidays at from 50 cents to 75 cents per pound. SHEEP.. Owing to our genial climate, sheep, lacking the necessity for wool with which to retain warmth, very naturally lose it within a comparatively few years. Mutton, however, always commands a good price in the local markets, hence it is that the raising of sheep for food, especially by those small farmers who are close to large markets, will always yield a satis- factory return. Up to the present time, discrimination has been used in introducing those breeds of sheep that are best suited for the production of mutton. That which we have is usually tender, and of excellent flavor, and if our small farmers would take the trouble to import good rams from desirable breeds in the United States, the raising of mutton, even if as a side issue, would add greatly to the revenue of farms located near large consuming centers. GOATS. The Republic of Mexico for many years has derived a very large revenue from the sale of goat skins, most of which were purchased by the New England shoe factories, while the by-products in the form of salted and sun dried meat, fat and other materials, always command a market. Recent wars of devastation have practically annihilated all of the great herds

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