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Show PORTO RICO FARMS. . We are uot aure that Porto Rico would not be a good place for a fruit farm. The soil ia rich, labor is cheap and the climate is loaded with bless, ings. The census gives Porto Rico a wealth in farm lands of $o2,750.000. divided into 58.573 farms. The average price of farm lands and buildings build-ings is $39.67 per acre and of farm lands alone $35.45. The farms average twenty or less acres, though there are a few large farms. 'One would think that a farmer could make some money there raising oranges, lemons, limes, grape fruit, bananas, pineapples, etc. Swift steamers run every week . to our Atlantie seaports from the island, and at certain seasons the only competition would be from the West Indies. |