to individuals. In Puerto Rico An estancia, during Spanish colonial times in Puerto Rico (1508–1898), was a plot of land used for cultivating (minor crops). That is, the crops in such farms were produced in relatively small quantities and thus were meant, not for wholesale or exporting, but for local, island-wide sale and consumption. Some such were rice, corn, beans, batatas, ñames, yautías, and pumpkins; among fruits were plantains, bananas, oranges, avocados, and grapefruits.<ref>Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce: Desde sus primitivos tiempos hasta la época contemporánea. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultural Puertorriqueña. 1913. Reprinted 1987. p. 67.</ref> A farm equipped with industrial machinery used for processing its crops into derivatives such as juices, marmalades, flours, etc., for wholesale and export was not called an estancia, but instead was called a hacienda''. Most haciendas produced sugar, coffee and tobacco, which were the crops for export. Some estancias were larger than some haciendas, but generally this was the exception and not the norm. See also Finca Los Alamos estancia in Argentina Station, in Australia Notes References External links Estancias of the Pampas, Argentina and Uruguay Images of Modern Estancia Life In Uruguay Culture in Rio Grande do Sul Ranches Society of Uruguay Social history of Argentina Agriculture in Argentina Sheep farming in Argentina Sheep farming in Chile