The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-01-12


Spanish-American war furnished the
opportunity. He raised company,
got into the sixth Missouri infantry,
and came to Cuba with his regiment In
1898. He found country that far sur
passed his widest dreams, for beauty,
a lality Of soil, healthfulness and forty |
'leven other things that go to make
life worth living. Here he is now, ac-
cording to promise. Ninety per cent.
OF the land in Cuba is the most won
derfully productive soil that can be
found on earth; where the various crop
products of field and forest known to
any cline grow 1855 days . hours, 4S
minutes and 48 seconds in every year.
Nature does all except planting and
cultivating. Nature even plants in
many cases, as the forests are full OF
delicious fruits and nuts at all seasons.
What more could reasonable person
ask for? Corn is planted every day in
the year in Cuba, and makes three
crops per year on the same ground;
sweet potatoes when once planted are
perpetual crop; every vegetable,
fruit, grain, grass or fiber known in
the United States is grown in Cuba.
Oranges, lemons, figs, .guavas, lines,
mangoes, cocoa nuts and many others
that am not able to name can be
found in the woods and forests, in all
stages between bloom and ripe, every
day in the year.
Cuba is the natural home of the
orange, lemon, lime banana, etc. All
of them grow to the utmost perfection,
free from the dangers of frost and
! drouth Frost is unknown, and the
rain fall is 80 abundant that drouths
seldom occur. Cotton grows to be a
tree. and is blooming and making fiber
when it is 10 or II years old. Sugar
! cane is ready for the mill in II to 10
months from planting and usually
gives q profitable crop for 10 to ~
years before it has to be replanted.
Tobacco is set from October to Febru-
airy, the first planting gives three
crops, or the same plants are cut three
| times.
The value or profit of an acre OF to-
bacco ranges from $500 to 5000, owing
Il, quality. The land that tobacco is
grown on costs all the way from $50 to
$500 per acre. Some Of the best, that
with reputation for producing tobac-
co that sells for $40 per pound, is not
for sale at any price that man would
be willing to give. It is simply not for
sale.
The grasses OF Cuba are unqualified
/ ly the best. Grass simply can not be
any better in flesh producing quality
nor more abundant in quantity. The
royal palm. that grows from one END
} of the island to the other, furnishes
the hog food, small oily nut. Each
tree is in bloom and has punches o.
ripe nuts on it.
: had almost forgotten TO mention
coffee and the pineapple. Coffee i
generally raised in the very broker
J mountainous districts, where it doe
the best and is very profitable crop
; Pineapples grow on almost all soils
and to the greatest perfection aid i
one of the money crops of the country
Fl Under American rule, the schools
have been improved from almost moth
ing to good ones, with modern teachers
buildings, furniture, books and meth
DDS.
The Cuban kid is bright little fel
low, learns rapidly and is making rapi'
strides.
The Cuban farmers are using pillow
, that were made by Tubal Cain, and il
the 5000 years that have elapsed sine
the enterprising gentleman, now de
ceased, was the village blacksmith, AM
! was swinging his hammer with meas
ured beat, and slow, I not single i'm
provement has bean made. No Cubal
/ farmer would think of blowing on
"land'' over 300 feet long, and spend
half of the time in turning his team
around. Very respectfully,
j w. HUGHES.
II Havana, Cuba.