Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-02

Is scalded to make 1t keep. and salt IS
sometimes put in for that purpose. Indeed,
Cuba Is q land of boiled milk and sailed
milk, and 1t is almost impossible to buy
glass of cold, fresh milk outside Ha-
rana. At the hotels it IS sold boiled, and
boiled milk is served with the coffee. Two
pitchers, one containing boiled milk and
the other hot coffee. are brought in by the
waiter. He first pours in the milk, almost
filling your cup. and then the coffee, which
is as black as ink and as bitter as gall.
Plenty of sugar is added by most coffee
drinkers.
Camaguey Stores.
There is great deal OF business done in
these Cuban cities. The stores are scatter
ed. You find them mixed up with the resi-
dences. They are oriental in style, many
being more like baZaars than stores. They
usually face the street, being separated
from 1t by doors, which are taken away
in the daytime that everything is
open. The drygoods stores. for instance,
have walls shelved from top to bottom. The
ceilings are high and fancy patterns of
cloth are hung down from the roof to catch
the eyes of the passer-by. The shelves are
filled with bright goods, as are also the
counters The clerks are polite and study
to please. AS a rule the prices high
If not higher than In the United States.
In the grocery and vegetable stores onions
are sold in strings. and one sees them
hanging down from the roofs. Oranges and
bananas are cheap and delicious are all
kinds of tropical fruits. There are many
harness and Saddler shops, as well as hard
ware and furniture stores.
Cuban Cattle Ranches.
This is one of the best stock growing
provinces of Cuba. There are large ranches
scattered throughout Puerto Principe and
many big ones not far from Camaguey.
The grass grows luXuriantly in this part of
the island, and fortunes have been made in
the past selling cattle During the reyo-
luton and the wars which followed all
the Cuban cattle were killed, and within the
past few years Americans have been buy
ing cattle in Texas, Florida and others OF
our southern states and shipping them to
Cuba. They have also been bringing in cat
tie from Venezuela, Mexico and elsewhere.
They are importing stock not only for
beef, but also for breeding, and the result is
that an American cattle industry promises
to grow up here in the heart of Cuba.
Many Of the cattle bought are yearlings,
which will sell for double what they cost II
kept for twelve months. Others are brought
in to fatten and sell at once, and others
still to be used draft animals. A large
part of the farming of Cuba is done with
oxen. They are better than mules the
latter are towards in the mud and will not
work well with wet feet The oxen will
pull anywhere, and a good steer will bring
more money as an OK than for beef. An OK
is valued according to his work. If he will
pillow and work in harness and has what
may be termed general purpose qualities he
is worth about $50. There are OK teams
here which sell readily for 500 apiece.
Money in Stock.
I talked last night with Capt. Cushman
A Rice. formerly connected with the United
States infantry. but who is now engaged
in stock farming near Camaguey. He has
several large ranches and is importing cat
tie from the United States and breeding
He tells me that cattle can be raised more
profitably here than in North America.
They require but little care and no grain.
feeding out of doors the year round. On
one of Capt. Rice's ranches two men only
required to look after 1000 head OF
stock, and l have heard others estimate
that one man could care for that number.
l asked something as to the prices or
lands. Capt. Rice replied:
Good cattle ranches within thirty miles