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Title: COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE JOURNAL (CANADA) 1921 pt. 1
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: CANADA. DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE
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January 24, 1921 WEEKLY BULLETIN 129 tions in Mexico, and the present Government are making urgent efforts to increasecorn production throughout the country. Happily, corn production is increasing. Inmany sections two crops a year are taken off the soil, and in some districts every avail-able foot of land, even reaching high up on the steep mountain slopes, has been putunder the cultivation of corn and wheat. The great central plateau of northernMexico, with its elevation of from 6,000 to 9,000 feet above sea level, grows the bulkof Mexicos cereal crops. For many years cereal production has been assisted in somelocalities by extensive irrigation, making it possible in some instances for one cropof wheat and two of corn to be taken off the same soil within the year. In recentyears, however, Mexico has not grown sufficient wheat for her home consumption—probably less than 10,000,000 bushels annually—and has had to import several hundredthousand barrels of flour yearly to make bread.
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Planting cane in virgin soil on the Redo plantation. Stumps and roots are left to rot between the furrows. Barley and rye are grown in central Mexico chiefly for brewing or distilling pur-poses, the former yielding some seven or eight million bushels. Rice is grown inColima, Guerrero, and Morelos to the extent of 1,500,000 bushels. The popular frijolor Mexican bean is grown in every state in Mexico, the crop having an annual valueof about $7,500,000, practically all consumed in Mexico. The garbanzo (chick pea),which also appears regularly at all Spanish meals, is cultivated in nearly every state.The cultivation of the chick pea has become a growing industry in .the Pacific coaststates of Sinaloa and Sonora, which exported in 1918 over 25,000 tons valued at$4,500,000 to the United States. President Obregon did much to develop this industryand is reputed to be the chick-pea king99 of Mexico. MIGHT BE A GREAT SUGAR PRODUCER Mexico could be one of the greatest sugar-producing countries of

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