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Foreign News
January 30, 1847
Springfield Republican
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
Correspondent in Monterey, Mexico, praises the region's natural fertility, noting vast fields of corn and sugar cane grown with minimal effort using primitive methods, yielding excellent crops despite neglect.
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Agriculture In Mexico.—A correspondent of the N. York Spirit of the Times, writing from Monterey, says:—“The more I ride over this country, the more I am struck with its fertility. Field after field of the finest corn and sugar cane, stretch out for miles and miles. All this luxuriance is the spontaneous gift of nature, for, compared with ours, there is really no cultivation. Their ground is broken up by a primitive wooden plow, the seed is stuck in, and if it gets one good hoeing it is about all. And yet, with all this neglect, they make magnificent crops. What would not the land produce with our preparation, and our care and attention of the plant during its early growth.”
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Mexico Agriculture
Monterey Fertility
Corn Sugar Cane
Primitive Cultivation
Magnificent Crops
Where did it happen?
Monterey, Mexico
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Monterey, Mexico
Event Details
A correspondent from Monterey describes the country's fertility, with fields of fine corn and sugar cane stretching for miles, produced with minimal cultivation using a primitive wooden plow and one hoeing, yet yielding magnificent crops, and speculates on potential with better preparation and care.