Agricultural productivity of the hacienda Ajuchitlán El Grande during the Porfiriato

Abstract

The Ajuchitlán El Grande hacienda, during the Porfiriato, was going through a stage of transition to modernization, counting on the fundamental physical and social means, which allowed reaching the highest levels of livestock and farming production and the introduction of novel crops in the Semi-desert of Queretaro. This article focuses on describing and interpreting the productive levels of this hacienda together with its annexes, evaluating its productivity within its district, to show the importance that the hacienda institution had in the agrarian history of Queretaro and Mexico. The primary sources used were district and state productive statistical reports, as well as articles stolen from La Sombra de Arteaga, the official newspaper of the state of Queretaro.