. Elements of Philippine agriculture. Agriculture. 1 lO PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE the first leaves appear. The field is then left without water until the plants develop the second leaves, or sometimes until they are 20 cm in height, when the water is turned on again and renewed as often as neces- sary, perhaps once in 8 clays, until after flowering i I ly of threshing rice in t I This method of culture is very much cheaper than transplanting ; and, since but little rice fails to germinate, gives very nearly as large returns. American planters expect to harvest 80 grains for every grain pla
. Elements of Philippine agriculture. Agriculture. 1 lO PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE the first leaves appear. The field is then left without water until the plants develop the second leaves, or sometimes until they are 20 cm in height, when the water is turned on again and renewed as often as neces- sary, perhaps once in 8 clays, until after flowering i I ly of threshing rice in t I This method of culture is very much cheaper than transplanting ; and, since but little rice fails to germinate, gives very nearly as large returns. American planters expect to harvest 80 grains for every grain planted. The large drilling machines used in Texas, which plant many rows at once, could not be used on the small pad- dies in the Philippines. But there are cheap hand drills which save a great deal of labor, and can be used on the smallest plots. Harvesting in Texas. The rice is also harvested in Texas by great machines, each cutting a strip several meters wide, and threshing and sacking it at the same. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Copeland, Edwin Bingham, 1873- [from old catalog]. Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y. , and Manila, World book company
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