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100 the land will be best developed by the immigration of skilled farmers from Europe and the United States.

The following table, copied from Busto's Estadistica de la Republica Mexicana, gives a list of the agricultural productions of the Republic. It will be seen that the proportion of maize is about four fifths of the total product, while that of wheat is but one twentieth. Oats are rarely cultivated, and rye not at all.