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PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE 



the first leaves appear. The field is then left without 

 water until the plants develop the second leaves, or 

 sometimes until they are 20 cm in height, when the 

 water is turned on again and renewed as often as neces- 

 sary, perhaps once in 8 days, until after flowering time. 



FlG. 81. An old way of threshing rice in the Philippines 



This method of culture is very much cheaper than 

 transplanting ; and, since but little rice fails to germinate, 

 gives very nearly as large returns. American planters 

 expect to harvest 80 grains for every grain planted. 

 The large drilling machines used in Texas, which plant 

 many rows at once, could not be used on the small pad- 

 dies in the Philippines. But there are cheap hand drills 

 which save a great deal of labor, and can be used on the 

 smallest plots. 



Harvesting in Texas. The rice is also harvested in 

 Texas by great machines, each cutting a strip several 

 meters wide, and threshing and sacking it at the same 



