The Washington herald., 1921-07-30
PHILPPINECROPS
GAIN sll4,2l6, 463
.l92OPROSPEROUS
Great Progress Has Been
Made in Island
Farming.
6% LAND INCREASE
Better Methods Displayed
In Cultivation of
Produce.
459o LAND INCREASE

Never before in the history OF
Philippine agriculture has there
been greater prosperity among the
farmers. nor has there been a year
in which greater progress has been
made in agriculture than that OF
the year 1890. according to the an
nual report Of the director of the
Philippine Bureau OF Agriculture 10
the Secretary Of Agriculture and
Natural Resources
From the year 1910 to 1890. the
report says. there was an increase
Of IS per cent in the area Of land in
cultivation in the Philippines. for
the six leading crops-rice. corn.
absca, sugar. cocoanuts and to-
bacco. The average yields OF these
crops have been remarkable in
their increase. as shown in the fol-
lowing figures OF total value. six
crops: 1915, S7s.527.S6l: 1916, yss.-
s20,sSsz 1917. sII2.0ss.7s6: 1918.
sls0.s7o.22t: 1919, s22s.sts,2Ss and
1890. 3343.565.75I.
The favorable results obfained
during 1899. IL is pointed out. was
because of better methods and the
fortitude displayed by farmers in
the face Of adverse weather.
Rice production for 1890 amounted
to l,0is.5ss.5O3 kiIos, against ss7,-
. 53I.o47 kilos in 1919 and s2S.os4.tos
kilos in 1910. Importation Of this
cereal dropped from I4s.724.2ss
kilos in 1919 to ll.OIS.I57 in 1890.
Last years output brouht the
farmers sl27.427,6s2 in municipal
markets-an Increase Of 81 per cent
over the total value Of the 1919
/ crop.
Adverse weather caused a de-
crease OF 2.7ss hectares in the area
planted in sugar cane but the total
yield amounted TO +23.5sO.253 kilos.
valued at '7s.ses,S5S-a gain OF
per cent in value, compared with
/ 1919.
At the close OF the fiscal year
there were Ts.4Os.lO4 cocosnut trees
planted, as against 54.ssO.lO2. The
1920 produce of copra was 3sI.sos.-
373 kilos. valued at sSt.os2445.5o.
against s37,7ls,i46 for a gain in
money value Of year over 20 per
cent.
Manila hemp production increased
from l4s-3io.soo kilos in 1919 to
/ le5.oSl,iSs kilos in 1890. a gain Of
| IL per cent. although the valuation
Of t32.5o3.0O3 in 1890 represented
a decline Of . per cent from that OF
1919. The hemp hectarsge was
SSs.3S6 for 1899, against SI5.5ss for
1919.
There were 557.Is5 hectares
planted to corn in 1920, yieIdinG
SS2.so7-S50 liters in shelled corn,
which sold for s25.fSS,tSS, the high
est mark obtained during the past
ten years
Tobacco producers raised sS.sss.-
534 kiios of leaf tobacco, valued at
sI3.3S2,S75, from lOI.l23 hectares.
compared with 5s.ts7.7ts kilos.
worth sS.7s2.724. from 1859 hec-
/ tares in 1919. This means an in
crease OF 10 per cent in production.
81 per cent in area, and 50 per cent
in value-also the maximum pro-
duction in ten years.
As a substitute fbre the maguey
crop, against 2S.4s5 in 1919. Out
/ put last year was ls.l7S.o5o kiios.
against 12.5lS.5s2 for 1919. and the
value OF the crop jumped from
fs5s,s75 in 1919 20 Sl,7O5.s75.5O in
ls2e-s gain of Z per cent in area.
~ per StHh IN pEoNuSRlonr anu -
per cent in value.
For the first time attempt was
made to collect data on vegetable
and root crops. il was found that
the total area planted was l4l.2ls
hectares and the estimated value OF
the output was s5.63l.3To.
The report gives an optimistic
outlook for future production. Op-
posed to this is. OF course. the
4 factor OF falling price and read
\ justment on values. But this is not
confined to the Philippines.