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defects in land titles in the Philippines. This alone will greatly 

 improve conditions. The (Government should also extend as 

 rapidly as possible the benefits of the Aj?ricultural Bank. Co- 

 operation between the producers and the consumers should be 

 promoted in such a way as to reduce materially the cost of 

 doing business in the Islands. The family income should be 

 increased by increasing the area tilled by the farmer and by 

 creating profitable industries suited to all the members of the 

 family. 



STRESSING IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES 



It is easy to point out defects in a system of agriculture, but 

 it is difficult, indeed, to suggest feasible remedies. It is too 

 much to hope that the conditions in the Islands will be speedily 

 remedied. Rural people in any country are conservative and 

 adopt new practices slowly. It is a work in which every citizen 

 must have a part. Obviously, it will add much to the effective- 

 ness of the campaign if a general policy is adopted and if all 

 work to the same end instead of each trying to promote develop- 

 ment along the lines in which he happens to be interested. 



The greatest hope lies in developing along the lines of staple 

 crops and the classes of live stock that are well adapted to the 

 Islands. The Philippines must henceforth as at present be es- 

 sentially a rice, corn, sugar, copra, hemp, tobacco, carabao, cattle, 

 poultry, pig, and pony producing country. Development along 

 these lines is safe and sure, and there is abundant room for 

 improvement in each. Special crops, such as citrous fruits, 

 coffee, cacao, rubber, kapok, silk, and tea, should be encouraged 

 in special localities, but emphasis everywhere and at all times 

 should be placed upon the principal industries. 



A larger and better laying hen, such as has been developed 

 in South China and which appears to be well adapted to the 

 Philippines, would be able to turn the balance of trade of the 

 Islands from the wrong to the right side of the ledger. Crossing 

 the Philippine pony with Australian or Arabian stock has pro- 

 duced an animal better adapted to the needs of the Islands than 

 is the present stock. Galloway and Indian cattle mix well with 

 the native stock, as has been demonstrated by the Bureau of 

 Agriculture, and their offspring make a very satisfactory beef 

 animal. As much as 50 bushels of rice to the acre has been 

 produced by the agronomists of the Bureau of Agriculture by 

 the use of better seed. The average yield of rice in the Phil- 

 ippines with unimproved seed is less than 12 bushels an acre. 

 The Bureau is producing the seed of these improved strains 



