56th Congkess, | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. J Document 



M Session. f j No. lYl. 



AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES OF 

 PORTO RICO. 



MESSAGE 



FKOM THE 



PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 



TRANSMITTING 



A REPORT ON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE AGRICULTURAL RE- 

 SOURCES AND CAPABILITIES OF PORTO RICO WITH SPECIAL 

 REFERENCE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AGRICULTURAL 

 EXPERIMENT STATION IN THAT ISLAND. 



December 11, 1900. — Message and accompanying papers ordered printed and re- 

 ferred to the Committee on Insular Affairs. 



To the Senate and House of Representatives: 



I transmit herewith a report on investigations of the agricultural 

 resources and capabilities of Porto Rico with special reference to the 

 establishment of an agricultural experiment station in that island, 

 made in accordance with the act of Congress making appropriations 

 for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1901. 



William McKinley. 



Executive Mansion, December lo, 1900. 



LETTER OP transmittal. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Office of the Secretary, 

 Washington, D. C, December 5, 1900. 

 Sir : I have the honor to transmit herewith a report on the agricul- 

 tural resources and capabilities of Porto Rico with special reference to 

 the establishment of an agricultural experiment station in that island, 

 made in compliance with the act of Congress making appropriations 

 for this Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901. The 

 investigations have, in my judgment, shown the desirability and feasi- 

 bility of maintaining an agricultural experiment station in Porto Rico, 



