The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-05-01
abor is procurable at 40 cents day,

labor is procurable at 40 cents day
Cotton machinery is comparatlvel,
inexpensive and silk cotton, the KIN
which seems to do best in Porto Rice
Gin quality about the same as upland
is worth & cents f. 0. b. San Juan.
From the above it should not be diff
Iicult to see a good thing in cotton rails
my in Porto Rico.
CATTLE AND HORSES.
There is no spot on the globe wl1er,
they raise better milk COWS and bee
cattle than in Porto Rico.
1t may not be generally known tha
Lord Durham took with him to Europ,
in the 18th century number of Portt
Rico COWS and bred them to Holstci1
stock, thus producing the famous Shor,
Horn Durham, but such is, ncverthc.
less, the case.
Feed and water are most plentiful
The cattle need no housing nor care
whatsoever and there is plcn.y of shade
Tor them III most parts of The island
IA combination of conditions that fore.
shadows bright future for the cattle
raising industry in Porto Rico.
The Porto Rico horse, strictly spca
ing, ~ the result of in-brecdng Of up
wards OF two hundreds years and the
result obtained has been an animal of
great endurance and hardness. IL has
been stated that the Porto Rico horse
can claim origin from Arabian stock ;
this might have been the case had the
question of size alone been taken into
consideration, but with very few cX-
ccpti0ns the quality Of The Arabian is
lacking in the present horse of The Is-
land. Endurance certainly is shown in
n marked degree, as well as well dclin-
cd conformation. A crossing of the
Morgan with the native horse of Porto
RICO should produce very satisfactory
results. The two marked charactcris
tics Of the Morgan blood-uuality and
endurance added to the wonderful en-
durancc of the Island horse, should
make perfect, medium sized animal
and one admirably suited for park and
lightweight harness work. There il no
reason why the native horse could not
be most successfully bred also for pur-
poses OF polo. The essential features
always sought for in the making of
polo ponies arc agility, endurance and
size the former two qualities the
Porto Rico horse already strongly pos.
scsscs, the question OF size is one to be
easily overcome.
There are some sheen on the Island
but these need considerable care and
do not thrive in the warm cIimnic of
Porto Rico on account of their heavy
wool. Goats, however, ar found 70
be excellent substitutes. Their meat
is of a delicious flavor. thew oiv. an
almost incredible amount Of rich' sweet
milk and it. does not cos, much 10 roisc
them.
a young goat, properly roasted, is
fully as nice az the fatlcst lamb and
many Americans in Porto Rico prefer
the goat meat. A "nanny is worth
- to $l and it is true that .hcv thrive
III the provcrbiaI &" tin can.n
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A roceut trin ,hrouoh thc ,uoor ho,,,
Of the ;sl,rd ahowrd y vrrv mrnn,;,,n,,
state of afroirs in ,b, u,thrr;no ;n AMI
yrindino Of ,hc cane, pnrticulnrlv wos
ihis n0iiccabtc ai Monoii D1ronn
VEGA Baia. ArociLo and Cnmuv. rrnm
Indications, thc facilities for nr,ndiny
at these points were mad, T,.,r to
meet the present large crops of cane.
AS these crops will Increase in volumc
on the Island. il must. Of necessity re-.
suit m the cnrlv erection Of larger 3.cn.
trales, and the CONSEQUENT Introduction
of improved machinery for grinding.
The importation Of rice from the
United States to Porto Rico ,s an enor.
nous item, and il has been estimated
that upwards OF II 900 tons are con
S".ne' "h"u"'ly Oh inc lslahu, rlc,
D@einS penn 'ho STAPLE iooa OF inc natives
n''' 10 exemption from a"ty, Inc Japal
N'u'h" ricc, grown III ooutncrn LOUIS
'ana m "l'" r "outhc"s'crn s: Icxas, an'
'"'IS a, IT, VI n. nn 'l''G,io' n; IuaI,ty' now con
''o' tne o'to l''co ihtrKcc ana con
ac'l"c''''y co''''''"''o hlSh prices on TN
'"'"''''
an industry wen worth tho con
sldcration OF capitalists is the erection
OF an up to-dntc plant in Porto Ric
Tor cicahlng rice. The East India ric
IN inc musk, on which there is an I'm