November, 1910.] 



(A) Cost of steriliser for work 

 on a commercial scale to hold 



14 bottles ... ... £ ... 3-3-0 



Two gross of bottles, glass top. 



These are recommended. At. 



50s. per gross ... ... 5-0-0 



Primus oil stove. (A gas ring is 



preferable) ... ... 12-0 



Iron stand for steriliser ... 4-0 



£ 8-19-0 



(B) Cost of small steriliser for 

 household use, to hold 10 

 bottles ... ... ... 1-5-0 



One gross of bottles, metal top .. 1-14-6 



Primus oil stove or gas ring ... 9-9 



£ 3-9-3 



417 Edible Products, 



It will be admitted that an outlay of ' 

 £3-10s., or even £9, is not a large one, 

 especially when the direct advantage of 

 having good, wholesome fruit for use all 

 the year round is taken into consider- 

 ation. Nevertheless, the small holder is 

 only too often hampered by want of 

 capital for immediate necessaries, and 

 to find additional money for " reason " 

 work, such as fruit bottling, is out of 

 the question. This, therefore, is the 

 opportunity for co-operation. In fruit- 

 growing districts, one moderate-sized 

 factory could bottle many gross of fruit, 

 and could deal with the surplus product 

 of all the orchards in a district, and thus 

 the fruit could be safely preserved for 

 winter use, instead of being sold at a 

 loss, rotting on the trees, or forming 

 food for pigs, 



TIMBERS. 



SAMPLES OF NATIVE WOODS- 



(Prom the Manila Bulletin, 

 September 27, 1910.) 



All users of native timbers will be 

 glad to know that they may now obtain 

 authentic samples of practically all of 

 the commercial woods of the Philippines. 

 Each sample has been accurately identi- 

 fied and is marked with a label giving 

 not only the scientific name but also the 

 common name by which it is most gener- 

 ally known in the Islands. They are of 

 convenient size (4x6 in., with a thickness 

 of f in.) with planed surfaces, and lend 

 themselves readily for filing in a case or 

 as desk samples or paper-weights. 



The identification of Philippine woods 

 is by no means a simple problem even 

 for an expert, and for the layman it is 

 generally a hopeless puzzle. In the 

 entire United States and Canada there 

 are only about 110 commercial timbers ; 

 but in the Philippines there are at least 

 400. Naturally many of these resemble 

 each other in color and grain, which, 

 added to the widely varying names, 

 makes it impossible in many cases for 

 the average consumer of timber to know 

 what he is really getting and paying for. 



For several years past the Bureau of 

 Forestry has made a careful, systematic 

 study of the woods of the Islands and 

 has gathered wood and bark specimens 

 from practically all of the trees of any 

 commercial importance, as well as a 

 great number from those whose scarcity, 

 inaccessibility, and the absence of infor- 

 mation concerning their qualities, haye 

 kept them out of the market except in 

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rare instances. Labelled specimens of 

 these woods are now offered for general 

 distribution at a nominal price of 20 

 centavos each for the great bulk of the 

 species, and at 40 centavos for a few 

 which are hard to replace or whose 

 toughness of grain makes their sawing 

 and planing a slower and more expen- 

 sive task. A list of these latter follows : 



Agoho 



Liusin 



Dalinas 



Kuyus-Kuyus 



Alupag 



Bolongeta 



Betis 



Palo Maria 

 Ipil 



Bansalaguin 

 Sasalit 



Ebony 



Camuning 



Camagon 



Tamayuan 



Mancono 



Anubing 



Narig 



Dungon-late 



Dunton 



Oak 



All others come in the 20-centavo class. 



While it is not expected that the mere 

 possession of such samples will make 

 their owner an expert in identifying 

 Philippine woods, it is undoubtedly true 

 that it will often prevent his being 

 imposed upon either through the ignor- 

 ance or the bad faith of the vendor. 



All who wish samples may obtain them 

 by addressing the Director of Forestry, 

 Manila, P. I., and enclosing money order 

 for the samples they desire. The weight 

 of the samples averages about 4 oz. each, 

 and, if to be mailed to any point in the 

 Philippines or in the United States, 8 

 centavos per sample should be added. 



