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Puerto Cortes, seen here, was named after Hernando Cortes.

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These old machines are conveyors for loading bananas on the fruit ships and are found on the docks at each of the main ports.

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These smiling Honduran children live in the town of Lalima.

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About 40,000 acres of bananas grow on farms around Lalima.

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These are young bananas which have just formed.  Later they will grow upward.

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These are choice stems of bananas weighing 130 pounds each.

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The topography of Honduras consists of a mass of saw-toothed mountains interspread by table lands and fertile valleys.

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Beans or frijoles are being harvested here by pulling up the vines and hanging them over poles to dry.

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Corn is planted on slopes so steep that it is difficult to stand on them, the grain is a major crop.

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Pineapples are also grown in some of the mountain farms to supply the local markets.

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These coffee betties are still green but when they ripen they will become bright red in color.

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African oil palm is another crop that is grown by one of the banana companies for the rich oil-producing nuts.

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Abaca and manila hemp is grown for the fiber which the banana-like stalks contain.

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Many acres of Honduran land are devoted to the growing of sugar cane.

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The Northern Honduran seacoast is lined with coconut palms.

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Lumbering is a major industry of the republic.

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Much of Honduras is suited to cattle raising.

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The Pan American Agricultural School in the Zamorand 25 miles from the capital, Tegucigalpa.