The Agriculture of CubaUnited States Department of agriculture, 1943 - 144 pages |
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... farms . Size and ownership of farms . Land values , buildings , and equipment . Marketing , credit , and cooperation . Principal export crops . Sugar . Tobacco . Other export crops . Bananas . Pineapples Beans . Root crops- Vegetable ...
... farms . Size and ownership of farms . Land values , buildings , and equipment . Marketing , credit , and cooperation . Principal export crops . Sugar . Tobacco . Other export crops . Bananas . Pineapples Beans . Root crops- Vegetable ...
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... farmers and farm laborers ; about 20 percent were engaged in manufacturing and mechanical trades ; 16 percent , in merchandising and transportation ; 12 percent , in domestic and personal service ; and 4 percent , in professional ...
... farmers and farm laborers ; about 20 percent were engaged in manufacturing and mechanical trades ; 16 percent , in merchandising and transportation ; 12 percent , in domestic and personal service ; and 4 percent , in professional ...
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... farmers . The leaves are used for making thatched roofs and the sheaths as siding on buildings and as covering for tobacco bales . Cuba's forest resources have been very severely reduced in the last 50 years . Originally they covered ...
... farmers . The leaves are used for making thatched roofs and the sheaths as siding on buildings and as covering for tobacco bales . Cuba's forest resources have been very severely reduced in the last 50 years . Originally they covered ...
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... farmers in mountainous and swampy forest regions ( fig . 4 ) , and is used in the cities as the principal fuel for cooking instead of imported coal . For this purpose , it has the advantage of being easily trans- ported , as it is ...
... farmers in mountainous and swampy forest regions ( fig . 4 ) , and is used in the cities as the principal fuel for cooking instead of imported coal . For this purpose , it has the advantage of being easily trans- ported , as it is ...
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... farming . Soils , generally similar to those in Florida , are predominantly sandy , with gray , yellow , and brown surface color . Natural vegetation in the northern part is wiregrass , palmetto , and pines. FIGURE 4. - A pile of wood ...
... farming . Soils , generally similar to those in Florida , are predominantly sandy , with gray , yellow , and brown surface color . Natural vegetation in the northern part is wiregrass , palmetto , and pines. FIGURE 4. - A pile of wood ...
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acreage Acres Acres amounted areas average avocados bananas beef cacao Camagüey cane cattle cents a pound cents per pound cigars coffee colonos commercial countries crates crop Cuban sugar dairy declined domestic consumption eggplant Estadís estimated farmers farms fresh fruit grapefruit growers Güines Habana harvest henequen hogs imports from Cuba increased irrigation island Isle of Pines labor land lard Las Villas Province leaf lima beans livestock manufacture Matanzas meat milk million dollars annually Million Million million pounds annually molasses months nearly Okra one-fourth one-half operation packing percent Pinar del Río pineapples plants potatoes pounds 1,000 pounds pounds dollars pounds pounds pounds principal Province Quantity Value quota raw sugar recent reduced region requirements rice season shipments short tons sirups soil starch sugar industry supply TABLE tariff three-fourths tion tobacco tomatoes total exports trees United Kingdom United States market usually vary Vuelta Abajo winter vegetables yields yuca