CONTENTS OF COFFEE CULTURE ON THE SOUTH- 

 ERN COAST OF CHIAPAS . . . . t 281 



Coffee Culture on the Southern Coast of Chiapas . , . 283 



I. Introduction . ... . . . . . 283 



II. Future of Coffee Culture in Mexico . . . . . 285 



III. Advantages and Disadvantages of Soconusco for Coffee 



Growing. . , , . . . "-. . . . 286 



1. The Advantages which Soconusco Offers for the Culti- 



vation of Coffee . * ..' . . . . 286 



A. Advantages of the Soil and Climate of Soconusco . 286 



B. Cheapness of Labor in Soconusco . . . . 287 



C. Proximity of Good Coffee Land to the Sea . . . 287 



D. Facility with which the Expenses of Coffee Grow- 



ing may be Defrayed by Raising Other Crops at 



the Same Time on the Same Land . . . 288 



2. Disadvantages of Coffee Raising in Soconusco .. . 289 



IV. Conditions of Land Suitable for Coffee , . . . 291 



1. Nature of the Land and its Configuration . . . 291 



A. Land Suitable for Coffee . . " ', . .-. . 291 



B. Layer of Vegetable Soil 292 



C. Depth of the Layer of Vegetable Soil ... . 292 



D. Land of Volcanic Formation . . . .* . 292 



E. Virgin Forest Soil and Cultivated Soil . 292 



a. Virgin Forest Land . . . . .... 293 



b. Land Recently Cleared . . . . . 293 



c. Land Best Adapted for Coffee . . . 294 



F. Configuration of the Land . . , . . . 294 



a. Advantages of Level Ground ... . . 294 



b. Advantages of Hilly Ground . . . . 294 



c. Configuration of the Ground Best Suited for 



Coffee . . . . . . * 295 



2. Temperature . . . . ... . . 295 



3. Altitude above the Level of the Sea . . . . 295 



A. Productiveness of the Coffee-Tree in Relation to 



Altitude . . ... . . . . 296 



B. Advantages of High Lands . . . . , . 296 



