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Agricultural enterprise in Costa Rica is devoted mainly 
to the cultivation of coffee, while 
Agriculture and 
Live Stock of : 
Costa Rica... Wheat was formerly grown in sufficient 
quantities to meet the home requirements, 
but the rise in the price of coffee and the competition of the 
flour imported from the United States and Chili have almost 
driven out the native wheat. Among other crops produced 
in the country, the principal are maize, rice, beans, 
cacao, and sugar cane, the last-named being largeiy used for 
fodder as well as for other purposes. 
The live stock of Costa Rica is considered to be in general 
superior to that of the rest of Central America, but the 
number of animals is not yet sufficient to supply the local 
demand. There has been an improvement recently in the breed 
ing of cattle and horses, though high grade animals, which 
could be easily introduced into acountry of so many natural 
advantages, are still lacking. The existence of vast pasture 
lands makes the country splendidly adapted to the rearing 
of cattle. At the census of 1892, the number of cattle was 
345,065, horses numbered 77,043, and swine 62,328, while of 
sheep there were only 2,765. 
another important product is the banana. 
iitewhacheeelon, Wo. Lone NePe Presidents of the 
Den eeimoutat ite BOE of ag HiCulaNe, has ajpipoumed a 
mittee on Scotch Departmental Committee to enquire into 
A eg the existing methods by which the prices 
of agricultural products are collected and 
recorded in Scotland, and to report as to the measures, if any, 
which can with advantage be taken for their improvement. 
The Committee consists of the following members, viz., the 
Earl of Mansfield, Chairman ; Sir John Cheyne, Q.C.,, Sir A. E. 
Bateman, K.C.M.G., Controller-General of the Commercial, 
Labour, and Statistical Department of the Board of Trade; 
Major P. G. Craigie, Assistant Secretary, Board of Agriculture, 
and Mr. Alexander Glendinning, Newmains, Kirkliston. Mr. 
R. Henry Rew, of the Board of Agriculture, acts as Secretary 
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