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Islands, in which very many of the articles are reprinted ; to 

 all libraries and agricultural schools; and to paid subscribers. 



There is more or less waste in the present plan of including 

 the three classes of material mentioned in one publication. It 

 would be better and also cheaper to issue two publications — 

 one exclusively for farmers and school children and another 

 for students and scientists. The present Agricultural Review 

 might be published quarterly and in English only, and contain 

 articles of general and scientific interest. Besides having a 

 limited circulation in the Philippines, it would be the medium 

 of exchange with libraries and with foreign publications, which 

 I am told already number about 250, and which the workers 

 in the Bureau must read regularly if they are to keep abreast 

 of the times. It will be cheaper to secure these publications 

 through the medium of exchange than purchase. 



The other publications should be published monthly in a 

 much smaller form than the present Review and should contain 

 only the A B C of Philippine agriculture. Nothing should be 

 published in this journal that is not of practical use to the 

 people of the Islands. This publication should appear in both 

 English and Spanish and should serve as a medium for an- 

 nouncements of the Bureau of Agriculture, such as in seed, plant, 

 and animal distribution ; an official medium through which the 

 members of the agricultural societies of the Philippines may be 

 reached ; a medium through which articles of permanent value 

 may be preserved; and a publication from which reprints of 

 official articles of special interest could be made at a very small 

 cost for specific distribution. 



This method of issuing two distinct publications would enable 

 the editor to place the different classes of material where they 

 would be of the greatest value. The cost would not be so great 

 as it now is, unless it was decided to give the publication 

 containing the practical information a much wider circulation 

 than the Review now has. In my judgment this should be done 

 even though the cost over the present is increased. 



FEEDING THE PEOPLE. 



The first duty of the agriculture of a country is to provide 

 a suitable and ample food supply. Only a well-nourished people 

 are capable of developing and sustaining a civilization. 



No race has found rice to be a satisfactory single diet upon 

 which to rear children or to support labor. Unfortunately, the 

 substitution of corn in whole or in part for rice, which in many 

 sections of the Islands could be accomplished with comparative 



