Excerpt from Annual Report of the Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station for 1912 Porto Rico has had another prosperous year. Her exports, nearly all agricultural products, exceed those of the previous year by amounting to a sum larger than ever known before in the island's history. While sugar still leads, the striking feature of production is new and diversified crops. The fruit industry, from a beginning dating only a few years ago, amounted to over Coffee that had languished since the American occupation is gaining not only in price but in production. 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.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station for 1902 The station staff, which at the time of the last report numbered only three, has now been increased to five, the two additions being a coffee expert and a clerk and stenographer. 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.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station for 1906 The condition of the experiment station farm is being continually improved, as means will allow, by building roads, drains, irrigati'on ditches, and fences. The road running through the farm has-been graveled, and another road is under construction into a valley where the Operations of the station are now being extended. 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.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station, 1904 Another insular appropriation of $650 has been expended for fencing, and while the work is not complete, yet it has enabled us to inclose nearly the entire tract and to build a number of cross lines. The irregular form of the station grounds gives us a border line of something like $5 miles. A further insular appropriation of $100 has been used for painting the various buildings of the station. 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.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station for 1901 It is hoped that land may be Obtained for the permanent location Of the station in the near future and that it will be possible to greatly develop the work Of the station during the coming year. Considering the large agricultural interests Of the island and the variety of work which needs to be done by the station, the appropriation for its sup port by Congress should not be less than per annum. In addition to this, money will be needed for the purchase of land, erec tion of buildings, and equipment of the station. The station will, therefore, need such financial assistance from the Territory of Porto Rico as was given in the other States and Territories. There are no results Of experimental work to be reported at this time. This report is, therefore, chiefly confined to a statement of the agricultural conditions and needs Of the island. As seen by the writer in the course of such an agricultural survey as he has been able to make in the space of nine months. 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.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station for 1910 The prosperity of Porto Rico depends essentially on her tural products. Gold mining is exhausted and manufacturing is con fined to a very few lines and a small output. While the island is thickly populated, more so than any of the States except two, the people are scattered through the country rather than in towns. They live from the soil. The exports and imports representing the trade of the island-in 1901 was In 1910 it had increased to This trade is due to 'the greatly increased agricultural production of the island, which has not only given impetus to all the industries but has greatly improved the living conditions of our people. 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.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station for 1911: Under the Supervision of Office of Experiment Stations, U. S. Department of Agriculture The weather conditions Of the year were good; in fact, crop' failures in Porto Rico are unknown. It is true that on the south side Of the island there is usually a shortage Of rain for the best growth Of the sugar cane, but with the development Of irrigation systems a crop is assured even here at all times. The increase in the production of the island has been due to better cultivation and fertilization rather than to the extension of the area planted. The better cultivation has been brought about by a study Of conditions and the extended use Of machinery. Labor in general has been plentiful and is considered cheap. It is getting scarce in some industries and, moreover, it is not cheap as compared with efficient machine lab'or. The man with the hoe at 50 cents per day can not compete with the man with the plow at $3 per day. The real way to economize labor is by placing ma chinery in its hands. 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.