 ... farmers now grow cane usually under contract for sale to the mills. These growers are called colonos. Some own their land, and others operate on rented land. Some large colonos also finance smaller growers called sub-colonos. From 80 to 90 per cent,...  The Agriculture of Cuba - Page 26by Paul George Minneman - 1943 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Paul George Minneman, United States. Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations - 1942 - 162 pages
...growers, called subcolonos. From 80 to 90 percent of all the sugarcane is produced by the colonos, whose farms average about 100 acres and rarely exceed 500...especially the smaller ones, own their land, whereas about two- thirds operate on land owned or controlled by the mills. From 10 to 20 percent of the cane is... | |
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