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1933 Calzado Ram6n Corona paved. 



1934 Present kiosk in Plaza Principal con- 

 structed. 



1935 Coeducational public primary Federal 



school established. 



1935-37 State imposed municipal government; 



small garrison in Quiroga. 



1936 Federal medical services inaugurated. 



1937-45 Agrarian domination of municipal govern- 

 ment. 



1937-38 Highway graded and oiled through Qui- 

 roga; first bus line established 1937. 



1937- Initiation and growth of Sinarquismo in 



Quiroga. 



Ca. 1937 Jacarandas and casuarinas first planted in 



Quiroga. 



1939 Commercial chair industry established. 



1940-43 Revaluation of real estate. 



1941 Cinema opened in Quiroga. 



1942- A dry cycle began in the Quiroga area. 



1942 Federal electricity commission brought in 



electricity from Bartolinas plant near 

 Tacdmbaro. 



1943 Ashf all from Volcdn Paricutin began to en- 

 rich the soil. 



1945 Quiroga raised from third to second fiscal 



rank for taxation purposes. 



1946- Sector Popular and PAN in control of 



municipal government; water supply 

 system under repair. 



1947 Aflosa a£Fects cattle of the area. 



CONCLUSION 



This monograph has been confined primarily to 

 the description of the land settlement, demog- 

 raphy, government, and economy of the Quiroga 

 area. Since it is published separately from the 

 reports on the environment or natural landscape 

 and history, conclusions pointing out relationships 

 between the environment and development of hu- 

 man occupation of the area would be out of place. 

 Until more detailed descriptive studies of other 

 Mexican communities and municipalities are avail- 

 able it would be premature to reach any conclusions 

 as to how typical or atypical is the area of om* 

 study. We have made a simple descriptive report 

 whose chief values are two: (a) detailed informa- 

 tion in selected fields, especially in municipal gov- 

 ernment and in land settlement, and (6) illustra- 

 tions of the variety of sources of information avail- 

 able in and for a Mexican commtmity and some 

 of the uses to which this information can be put. 

 Nmnerous thin spots and outright gaps occur in 

 the material that we have presented. Some of 

 these lacks represent material presented in the 

 other two parts of our report on the Quiroga area; 

 other weaknesses were recognized while we were 

 in the field, but lack of time forced us to be selec- 

 tive; several lacunae were due to om* lack of 

 competence or interest; and, as is invariably the 

 case when one has left the field and has begim to 



work up the written report, we discovered that 

 we had overlooked several desirable fields of in- 

 vestigation. Our personal conclusion for further 

 work of this type is that a longer field period is 

 advisable, and that a larger group of investigators 

 representing a number of disciplines (e. g., phar- 

 macology, medicine, agronomy, etc.) should be as- 

 sociated in the fieldwork. 



Quiroga is lacking or poor in a number of ma- 

 terial and cultural elements. Most of these lacks 

 are characteristic of much of Mexico, such as in- 

 sufficient water, poor soils and denuded lands, 

 depleted forests, too few schools and teachers, low 

 literacy and poor reading habits, poor sanitation 

 and insufficient medical care, too few recreational 

 outlets, and insufficient natural and social re- 

 sources in general for a proper standard of living. 

 It is to the great credit of the inhabitants that 

 they are as happy, healthy, and progressive-minded 

 as is the case. After our sojourn in Quiroga we 

 have a very deep feeling of affection and admira- 

 tion for this hard-working and hopeful people. In 

 various parts of this report we have mentioned 

 possible ways for improving or curing undesirable 

 conditions. Most of these suggestions require 

 both money and technical training for execution. 

 The Mexican Government is working for improve- 

 ment in many fines just as rapidly as financial and 

 human resources allow. 



