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The Philippine Journal of Science 



1914 



MOUNTAIN PROVINCE 



In Mountain Province, the temperatures are relatively lower 

 than for the rest of the island, still rice (a staple diet) and 

 many other cultivated crops of the lowlands grow luxuriantly. 

 Also many varieties of vegetables and berries grown in the 

 temperate zone thrive here. The agriculture is mostly carried 

 on in irrigated mountain terraces. In certain wooded districts 

 the soils are deficient in potash. When clearings are made, a 

 sufficient amount of the ash from the burned products is con- 

 centrated on a given area to increase the potash to the desired 



L.ght Colored Cloy 

 About 40 hectares 



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Dark loofTt No. I? 

 About ISO hectares 



tbuUte) River 



Fig. 3. Le^aui Plateau, Ifugao, Mountain Province. 



quantity. In spite of the great fertility of the soil in general 

 as shown by the analyses, in time of drought there is serious 

 rice shortage. All the available land where the inhabitants 

 could lead water has been utilized. This has induced the Govern- 

 ment to assist in opening new territory. For example, the 

 Ifugaos have repeatedly tried to lead water to the unused Legaui 

 Plateau without success. The difficulties were too great until 

 the Government furnished dynamite with which to blast out 

 the rock. With the building of an irrigation ditch to, and a 

 supply of M'ater available for, the Legaui Plateau, 200 hectares 

 of tillable rice land have been added to the province. A rough 

 diagram of this region is shown in fig. 3. 



