WHERE ADLAY GROWS 



Figure 10. In the interior of the Philippines a few isolated tribes were found to be using 

 "Job's tears" as a grain crop. Seed from these native fields was grown near Manila and a re- 

 markable yield was obtained, in some cases more than 3,625 kilos to the hectare (3,230 lbs. to the 

 acre). Adlay is also grown as a grain crop in Java and India, and the Dutch had experimented 

 somewhat with it in their East Indian possessions, although this was not known when these 

 studies were undertaken in the Philippines. 



pines, in August, 1917, it first occurred 

 to him that adlay might have possi- 

 bihties as a grain for general culture. 



The vigor of the plants and the great 

 number of seeds borne on each was so 

 noticeable that arrangements were 

 made for having a quantity of the 

 grain, when mature, sent to Zam- 

 boanga for experimental purposes. This 

 arrived in due time. Some was planted 

 and some sent to the Bureau of Science 

 in Manila for analysis. 



The hulled grain analyzed approxi- 

 mately like wheat and the experimen- 

 tal plot yielded at the rate of 3625 

 kilos of grain to the hectare (or 3230 

 pounds to the acre). Interest in the 

 plant and its possibilities grew and 

 the experiments were continued in 

 1919 at the Lam.ao Experiment Sta- 

 tion. The harvested grain was brought 

 to Manila for milling and, although 

 there were no flour mills available, it 

 was successfully hulled and ground 

 into meal on a coffee mill, the product 

 being reground several times to attain 

 the necessary fineness of the flour. 



In the first attempt to use the flour it 

 was mixed with an equal quantity of 



refined wheat flour and made into bis- 

 cuits. The quantity of adlay flour was 

 later increased to 66 per cent and, in 

 this proportion, was also tried out for 

 hot cakes. The "cracked" grain was 

 also eaten like oatmeal and similar 

 wheat preparations. These dishes were 

 sampled with no little curiosity, not to 

 say trepidation, in the belief that they 

 were the first attempts so to utilize 

 the grain, for the writer did not then 

 know that the Dutch had already tried 

 it out in these various ways. It was 

 found that the coarsely ground grain 

 could be used as a breakfast cereal and 

 that the meal or flour, mixed with not 

 less than one third wheat flour, gave 

 very satisfactory results as a wheat 

 flour substitute. 



Sample biscuits were distributed to 

 several persons and finally were served 

 acceptably at a tea given by the Philip- 

 pine Chamber of Commerce, and then 

 at luncheons given by the American 

 Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary 

 Club, all of Manila. 



It was also found that good, though 

 somewhat heavy, yeast bread could be 

 made of a whole adlay flour, mixed 



