. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . PORTO RICO 183 decreasing. Like other West Indian islands, it is subject to hur-ricanes, that of 1899 having been unusually disastrous. Thecensus of 1910 gave the population as 1,118,012. The soil is fertile and may be divided into three classes. First,the red soil, generally found in the mountains; second, theblack soil, containing much humus, and third, the coral sandsoil of the coast plains. The black has proved to be the best forsugar cane, although excellent yields have been obtained fromthe coast lands. Notwiths
. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . PORTO RICO 183 decreasing. Like other West Indian islands, it is subject to hur-ricanes, that of 1899 having been unusually disastrous. Thecensus of 1910 gave the population as 1,118,012. The soil is fertile and may be divided into three classes. First,the red soil, generally found in the mountains; second, theblack soil, containing much humus, and third, the coral sandsoil of the coast plains. The black has proved to be the best forsugar cane, although excellent yields have been obtained fromthe coast lands. Notwithstanding the fact that both soil andclimate are well suited to cane cultivation, the extension of theindustry is checked by the formation of the country. The hillycharacter of the island and the comparatively limited trans-portation facilities do not admit of cane being grown in the in-terior. All of the modern plantations are near the coast, wheresugar can be easily transported to steamers. In the north canemay be raised without irrigation, but in the south, where thegrea
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