Excerpt from The Commission of Plant Sanitation: And Its Work
One of the most important steps for the protection of the agricultural interests of this Island was taken by the President of Cuba when he signed the decree, July 3, 1916, creating the Commission of Plant Sanitation.
For many years Cuba, like many other countries, has suffer ed tremendous losses in some of the crops owing to diseases and insects, and new pests have carelessly been introduced, while still more are active in adjacent countries and are liable to be introduced if the greatest care is not taken to prevent them.
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