PART OF A BOOK DESCRIBING AN EXTENSIVE FIELD STUDY OF THE CULTURAL-HISTORICAL PATTERNS OF REGIONAL SUBCULTURES IN PUERTO RICO, THIS CHAPTER DETAILS THE HISTORY AND LIFE OF A TOBACCO AND MIXED CROPS MUNICIPALITY. INFORMATION IS PRESENTED ON THE HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND OF THE COMMUNITY AND ON ITS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. SEPARATE SECTIONS DEAL WITH (1) LOCAL SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, (2) THE SOCIAL CLASS STRUCTURE OF THE MUNICIPALITY, (3) CULTURAL PATTERNS IN SPECIFIC SUBCULTURES (LOWER-, MIDDLE-, AND UPPER-CLASS), AND (4) THE RELATION BETWEEN THE CROP AND THE LOCAL CULTURE. THIS DOCUMENT IS CHAPTER 6 OF JULIAN H. STEWARD, ED., "THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO, A STUDY IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY," PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS, URBANA, ILLINOIS, FOR $10.00. (LB)