This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...in the factories of Havana. Besides the great sugar and tobacco estates there are many small farm holdings, devoted to the raising of fruit, mainly pineapples, bananas, and oranges. Coffee production has declined under the competition with other coffee-producing countries. Horses and cattle are raised to some extent on ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...in the factories of Havana. Besides the great sugar and tobacco estates there are many small farm holdings, devoted to the raising of fruit, mainly pineapples, bananas, and oranges. Coffee production has declined under the competition with other coffee-producing countries. Horses and cattle are raised to some extent on the grazing lands of the central and southeastern provinces. The forests of Cuba contain valuable timber trees, also fiber plants, with dye, resin, gum, and oil-yielding species. Mahogany, lignum-vitae, cedar, cocus wood (used in the manufacture of reed instruments), and Cedrela (used in cabinet ware and cigar boxes) are among the timber trees. Logwood and fustic are important dyewoods. Aside from the forests included in private estates, the government controls over a million acres of forest land. Iron ores, manganese, copper, asphaltum, and salt are the chief minerals which have been developed, though in earlier times some silver and gold were mined. Iron ores, chiefly red and brown hematite, are the most important metallic products. Salt deposits occur in pans or shallows along the northern keys where large quantities of the substance are prepared. Limestone is the chief building material used throughout the island; it is widely distributed as an ancient coral base and forms the capping of extensive plateaus. Lime products, as cement and plaster, are also extensively used. Politically, Cuba is divided into six provinces, --Pinar del Rio, in the extreme west, Havana, Matanzas, Santa Clara, Puerto Principe, and Santiago de Cuba, the last forming the southeastern portion of the island. Upwards of a thousand miles of railroad connect the principal cities of the island and reach through the great sugar and tobacco districts. Many of the large sug..
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