Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.

CHAPTER IV.--Agriculture--Dry and rainy seasons--Irrigation--Yield

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of corn lands--Colonial restrictions--Colonial dependence--Bad intercommunication--Arrieros--Corn lands--Different kinds of corn in Mexico--Mode of cultivation--Production--various uses of corn--Banana--Mainoc--Rice--The olive--Vine--Chile pepper--tomato--Frijol--Maguey--Maguey estates--Making Pulque--Aloes--Cacti, 48