The Washington times., 1904-05-13
STOCK RAISING
IN PHILIPPINE
Ample Grazing Land in
Several Provinces.
A PROFITABLE OCCUPATION
High Prices in Manila Offer Excellen
Home Market, Now Supplied
From Singapore.

From reports and other data on file
With the Bureau of Insular Affairs,
War Department. the following facts
relative to stock-raising in the Philip
pines have been taken:
The industry must be built up anew
as result OF the ravages of war, fol-
lowed by the losses occasioned by The
rinderpest. which carried off nearly All
the bovine animals OF the archipelago
Prior to the outbreak of hostilities one
writer says he saw herds of cattle and
horses and droves of sheep and goats
everywhere. General Otis also, in his
report. speaks of large herds of cattle.
and says that some localities are dis
tnctively cattle-raising districts.
Fine grazing lands are found in east
err. Paugasinan, northern Nueva Ecija,
Nueva Viscaya. Isabella, and Cagayan.
and probably in other provinces OF
LGzon and certainly In other islands.
Abundance of Grass.
in the three provinces first named are
rolling uplands. and in the latter brood
p-airies. although as far as abundance
and quality of the grasses are con-
cerned there is apparently no differ
cnce. the same species growing both
on the prairles and hills.
These grasses consist of one or two
species of Panicum and Eragrostis,
and many representatives of several Of
the Andropogonae. all flne-stemmed.
United States, would be known as
lunch grasses. as they grow in small
tufts. not being truly turt-forming; yet
there IS sufficient OF the latter 10 pre-
vent outlying or washing. notwithstand-
inc the heavy tropical rains. to which
the region Is subject.
High Rolling Land.
The grazing lands of Pangasinan.
Nueva Ecija, and Nueva Viscaya are
distinguished by their hilly. rolling
character. the ravines and small val
leys. tops of the higher hills and sur
rounding mountains being densely for
ested. In every small valley is a stream
of clear. pure water Hence there is an
abundance of feed. water. and shelter
the requisites for an ideal cattle coun-
try, and the typographical features OF
the country permit herds of cattle 10 be
isolated in the valleys and thus guard
ed for months against infection by con-
tact or through the water supply.
The water supply is especially to be
streams the water is pure. and as clear
as crystal except Immediately following
heavy rain
Level in Cagayan.
The grazing lands of Isabella anc
Cagayan differ from the above in being
almost level, OF but gently rolling typi-
cal prairie lands, extending almost as far
as the eye can see in all directions, lin
tied by the coast range on the east and
the great central range on the west.
This great valley consists OF open coun-
try, with isolated trees, or sometimes
small groves with more or less forest
land along the streams. The country Is
well watered by the numerous trlbu-
taries of the Cagayan River.
The large relief map that has been
laid out on the grounds of the Philip
pine exhibit al the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition at ST. Louis Will show clear
" the grazing regions above mentioned.
Cattle raising for the home market
should be very profitable. Judging from
the prevailing high prices of meat in
Manila, and the fact that practically
all the meat consumed is shipped in on
the hoof from Singapore or as refrig-
Grated meat from Australia and the
United States.