CHAPTER VII 



CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURE 



THE possibility of any agriculture, and the kinds of 

 plants which can be raised, depend upon the climate. 

 The chief factors of the climate are moisture and tem- 

 perature. In some places, the wind also is important ; all 

 parts of the Philippines north of Mindanao are subject to 

 typhoons, which are sometimes exceedingly destructive 

 to crops. 



Uniform Temperature. The torrid zone is characterized 

 by a rather high and very uniform temperature, and 

 heavy rainfall. Nearest to the equator, the temperature 

 is in general most uniform, and the rainfall heaviest. 

 The difference between the average temperatures of the 

 coldest month and the hottest month of some Philippine 

 towns is : 



Tagbilaran, 2.1 Atimonan, 4.3 



Davao, 2.2 Baguio, 4.5 



Cebu, 2.7 Surigao, 4.6 



Kapis, 2.7 Tarlac, 5.2 



Manila, 3.5 Aparri, 6.5 



Iloilo, 3.8 Batan Islands, 7.0 



The least known difference in the world is at Equator- 

 ville, on the Congo River, where it is 1.2. At Hongkong 

 it is 1 3.4. 



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