. Elements of Philippine agriculture. Agriculture. 136 PHILIPPINE A GRICUL TURK or the product has been of poor quaUty. Some abaca has been exported from the Phihppines for nearly a century. The following figures show the amounts (in tons) ex- ported in the years indicated : I8I8 • 41 1870 31426 IS25 . 276 1880 50,482 1840 . 8,502 1890 67,864 1850 . 8,561 1900 89,438 IS60 30,38s 1906 110,399 Since 1887 abaca has been the most valuable export every year ex- cept 1892 and 1893, when sugar held first place. Abaca is now more valuable than all other exports com- bined, being worth nearly fifty mil
. Elements of Philippine agriculture. Agriculture. 136 PHILIPPINE A GRICUL TURK or the product has been of poor quaUty. Some abaca has been exported from the Phihppines for nearly a century. The following figures show the amounts (in tons) ex- ported in the years indicated : I8I8 • 41 1870 31426 IS25 . 276 1880 50,482 1840 . 8,502 1890 67,864 1850 . 8,561 1900 89,438 IS60 30,38s 1906 110,399 Since 1887 abaca has been the most valuable export every year ex- cept 1892 and 1893, when sugar held first place. Abaca is now more valuable than all other exports com- bined, being worth nearly fifty mil- lion pesos a year. The Census of 1903 shows the following to be the f principal abaca-producing prov- \S inces, betjinnino: with the most im- portant: Leyte, Albay, Camarines, Samar, Misamis, Surigao, and Ta- yabas. Ladronism has since de- pri\ed Leyte of first place. Min- danao and Negros are rapidly increasing their production. Conditions of Growth. Abaca is a plant with enormous leaves, and roots which do not reach deeply into the ground. There-. in;, (p. Primitive abaca press in Albay. 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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