Edible Products, 



28 



[January, 1910. 



by the Reporter 'on Economic Products 

 in respect of seeds of diverse origin :— 



Chinese beans 17-60 to 26*18 



Japanese „ ... ... 13-36 ,, 25 55 



Java „ 18 37,, 26 18 



Grown in Europe 15-16,, 21-89 



Grown in North America... 18-42,, 19 52 



We also append a note of an analysis 

 made last July by the Office of the Re- 



Eorter on Economic Products for this 

 lepartment with reference to a sample 

 of MaDchurian beans obtained in the 

 London market by the firm to whom our 

 acknowledgments have already been 

 expressed : — 



Chemical Examination of Manchu- 

 rian Soy Bean Reg. No. 31337. 



Per cent 



Moisture ... ... 13-6 



Oil 17-7 



Ash 51 



From this comparison it is apparent 

 that while the oil content of the Indian 

 samples recently examined falls short of 

 the highest percentages recorded in 

 respect of seeds from some other coun- 

 tries, it compares well in some instances 

 with the percentage found in the 

 Manchurian seed. 



The yields per acre obtained in 1906-07 

 on various plots at the Manjri Farm 

 were as follows : — 



No 

 5 

 6 

 7 



12 

 13 

 Average 



lbs. 

 1,166 

 513 



650 

 575 

 395 

 660 



This plot bordered on black soil. 



PINEAPPLE GROWING IN BATAAN 

 AND BULACAN PROVINCES. 



By Mariano M. Cruz, 

 Agricultural Assistant. 



(From the Philippine Agricultural 

 Review, Vol. II., No. 9, September, 1909.) 



The Pineapple (Ananassasativa Lindl.) 

 has never been, and is not as yet, com- 

 mercially grown in the Philippines. It 

 is true that it is well adapted to most 

 places in the Archipelago where the 

 soil and climatic conditions are so similar 

 to those of its native place in South 

 America. Unfortunately it is grown 

 only to supply the home consumption 

 of the fruit and the demand for the 

 cloth that is made from its fibre. Of 

 course there is some of this cloth ex- 

 ported annually, but this amounts to 

 only about Pl,200. 



Production op Fibre and Fruits. 



In 1903 there were iu all the Islands 

 about 613 hectares of land devoted to 

 pineapple growing, frorn which about 

 952,400 pines and 292,400 kilograms of fibre 

 were taken, giving an average production 

 of 1,500 fruits and 470 kilograms of fibre 

 per hectare. The provinces in which the 

 yield of fibre amounts to 15,000 kilo- 

 grams or over are grouped, with re- 

 ference to the amonnt of fibre produced 

 as follows :— 



Provinces. 



Or- 

 der. 



1 Negros 



Occidental 



2 Samar... 

 Bulacan 

 Cebu 

 Leyte 

 Laguna 

 Batangas 



Areacul- v - h Average 



tares). 



41 

 51 

 31 

 25 

 29 

 25 

 27 



(kilos). 



46,600 

 30,229 

 18,400 

 17,296 

 17,086 

 15,772 

 15,114 



(kiloe). 



1, 122 

 593 

 594 

 692 

 589 

 631 

 560 



The following table shows the Pro- 

 vinces in which the yield of fruits 

 amounts to 20,000 and upward :— 



Provinces. 



Or- 

 der, 



1 Samar 



2 Bataan 



3 Negros 



Occidental ... 



4 Tayabas and 



Marinduque 



5 Cebu 



6 Leyte 



7 Bulacan 



8 Zambales 



Area cul- 

 tivated 

 (hec- 

 tares). 



51 



30 



41 



41 



25 

 29 

 31 

 12 

 17 



Fruits 



pro- 

 duced. 



93,000 

 46,620 



4%,400 



42,000 

 31,200 

 25,700 

 24,900 

 22,700 

 21,300 



Average 



per 

 hectare 

 (fruits). 

 1,824 

 1,554 



1,083 



1,024 

 1,246 

 886 

 803 

 1,892 

 1,253 



9 Cagayan 



In the Philippines, Luzon stands first 

 in the list of all the pineapple-producing 

 islands, having more than one-half of 

 the total area and fruit production, 

 while it produces about 46 per cent, of 

 all of the fibre. 



Leading Pineapple Districts. 

 Some time ago I visited two of the 

 leading pineapple districts in Luzon, 

 namely, the towns of Orion and Bulacan 

 in the Provinces of Bataan and Bulacan, 

 to make a study of the pineapple culti- 

 vation in these places. These two pro- 

 vinces being situated near the coast of 

 Manila Bay their most important in- 

 dustry, of course, is fishing. While it is 

 true that fishing is often very profitable, 

 yet it is somewhat uncertain, like gamb- 

 ling, and not all people can depend upon 

 fishing for their living. The leading 

 residents in these places are anxious to 

 find the best means for fully developing 

 their farms. It was suggested to me, 

 owing to the fact that many of the 



