Excerpt from Foreign Crops and Markets, 1946, Vol. 52 The greatest scarcity of rice in Cuba this year is expected t develop during the summer months. The remainder of the United States l9h5-u6 allocation is considerably less than consumption requirements and the maintenance of Cuba's ceiling prices makes unprofitable the purchasing of higher-priced rice in latin.amerioa. Rice shortages were reported in widely separated parts of Cuba during the latter part of April. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.