Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 . t-—a- i \ / g1 V. 2 . k r ;Ssg ,—... f: 4- * :v-H-° -? 1 1 2o (a 1m >1/E 41/ AGEIOULTUEAL STATISTICS. 149 fourths of the area of the island. The area under cultivation was 747square miles, or not less than 21 per cent of the entire area of theisland. These figures are in strong contrast with those for Cuba, ofwhich per cent only were included within farms, and only 3 percent of the area of the island was under cultivation. They approachmore nearly the condition of things in the United States, where in1890,16 per cent was under cultivation. Yet
Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 . t-—a- i \ / g1 V. 2 . k r ;Ssg ,—... f: 4- * :v-H-° -? 1 1 2o (a 1m >1/E 41/ AGEIOULTUEAL STATISTICS. 149 fourths of the area of the island. The area under cultivation was 747square miles, or not less than 21 per cent of the entire area of theisland. These figures are in strong contrast with those for Cuba, ofwhich per cent only were included within farms, and only 3 percent of the area of the island was under cultivation. They approachmore nearly the condition of things in the United States, where in1890,16 per cent was under cultivation. Yet, considering the densityof the rural population, which is far beyond that of any part of theUnited States, the proportion of cultivated land is small. To illus-trate this, consider the case of Illinois, in which the number of ruralinhabitants to a square mile was in 1890 but 42, or
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