DA Annual Report 1927 by roldangorgonio

TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE

FISCAL YE!\R END!l\ 'G DECEMBER 31, 1927

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TWENTY-SEVENTII ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE MA�U,A,FebrluJ.ryl0,19!!8

Sm: Iho.ve the hm1or to s11bmft toyt.111thafollowlngarui-..al rep ort covering the o(ll'ieultural condltions and h t e nctivities and op8l'atioru, of the Bureau of Agriculture for the Yl!ll.l'eD.d i-..ll' December 81,1927. Man and nature combined this year's efforts and gifts to bring about the IllOl!I •ucceMfu\ agrlcultunl year the country ever brul. Only two typhoons passed overtheblands, one during July, 1926, b t a t did llttle hum, but another, very destructive, in November of the salll(lyear,hil the1111uthernmglou ofLu�on. With this exception, the weather condition• Wtlre very favor a.ble,asbrlght&ullllj"diiysa\ternatedw:ltbsh01tperiod•ofr1Lins due to thepI"esence ofaevei:altyphoollllthat hovved near the Island!! without touching them. The usual dlseaees and plant pests due to the va&t •rea of uncultivated lands and nn exuhl!l'ant jungle threatened the crops,but thecomblruidefl'orteo:f the:farmcr11andthepa,..onnel of theBW"l!nu ofAgr!aulturesu=eded at leaatinconsldarab)J" diminishing the d m a age done where it was not entirely pre vented with the naul t that the farm8l'! 111,u;ceeded in register log not oley!ncreaees in the al'Cllplantedto all theircrops over theareasplanted in thepre�ding year,wlth the one exceptton of ahaca, but also madeBeveml cl'Op rei:or<la both in bulk and per unlt area. The prices paid were generally lower tbun thoae ln the pre ooding year, but thcrie Wl!l'<'! mw:e then o!l'sef; by the larger yield• obtatned. In fa ct the total returns from the leading crops of192'1havenever been exaeeded except durlngtho pOriodaofinilateclvaluee inl920. Tha :following table ehowe for 1908, 11na from 1910 to 1927, 1.hec01Dhlned areap]1ntad!.othesi:,;leadln1l'CL"OPl<Ofthels''To oonforlll to \l,o orop ...,.,on, of tho diff<:rtm �rod..,_t,, lho orop alatisl:lo•;l.,.,....,erywl,.relnthl,,ropM"tat'Ofarthong,ioultoroly011r ondiagJuno30, 19�1.

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Bureau..tationa811d oflieesand prfv11te p11.1iieswlthln thedty l!mits,6carromat.a.. lrnotorcycle and 8e,,.netelaa. One of the oarn,telas waa transferred to the Lamno EJ<perlmcnt Station duringthe lath!J.•part ofthe yearfor thouse of thatstation. Faur carroma!u are used daily for official business, ona of which is WISigned permanently to the City llvmtock im,pecto'!' and one ca1Tetclafor the maila. . At the hcginniT1gof the year we had2mulc•and7ho!"ICII. TwoButong,u, )>Ollies were11m" ehased and onewas transferred to this Bureau free ofchnrge fromthePhilJpp!neSenate. WebnvethereforoI0horsesb11t one oftheoe has beene!okforthelast fourmontha aod is stiU undertreatmentotPandacttn. Repai1·aa1't"lce.-Duringthe ye.,,.i•28motoreycle.snntllObi cycles were ovm•hauled. The llodgecar<ll!W<Jll as the2Whlte b·uckswere repaired nt,o from time to time. Two motorcyclea whlchweraUJ1Cd forr!nderpesteampail!Jlswere senttoMnnila fo1· repair, hilt mm, found !n ane.h bnd cD11dilion that they have. been reoommended for condemnation. Therewere •till 8 mo torcycl1!6 fOr ove1·haul!ng at 1.he shop a! the. e11d of the yen,·. W!th afew innovations calcul11ted to i111prove theser1'ice the division practically hnd tlm oame nl!th•ities and followed the same r011Une ofwork81! those of 1928. In the ORrly pa,1 of the year an nrrnngement waa adopted whereby the monthlystll.tementa ofexpendi\ures furnished the dilferent divisian.eo1-ep,-.,parndbywnyofprojectsorfuuction11l acoounb: theatatomen!s showill!I" tlie expenditures ol the divl alons by •tlltlon� OL" projects.. This (l'lves the division cltlefs information not only on the expenditure.. in�urred by their divl oiona as a whole, but nlao the ex1ienditu,..,s incu>Ted. by each station or pro,jeet: thereby helping them to determine which of thelr dilferent statlons or pro.lecto ure ,pendinglhemo.ot, or exc8<!dilll:"theollotments givan them fo1·thoyear;andeonse quantly to tuke the llSt:$381\ry preeautiona us the eireum�tnnces wru.Tant. Thia arrllDlfC!Dent, 1,'00d as it is, was found to lie lnck:inir in 1-cqufsite.i and not •nfflcicnt Jor !he puepose. This wasso becau,11.the llgu,.. �Jll)ellrin.ir in the �111.temenls 1 1 1-ctnkon 011ly f1·omthemontJ1ly t,ialbnlanc11.and neecssm·liyo,,Jy1·epre11ent expernliturce ine1m"l!d aud nct1111lly})llidfor byiheCcnti-al Olllee, the ontst.amcUng oblig>1tlons not i11elud11.d. The monthly

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best :i,ielil8,.gi'l'lllg50t.o 68.13 ea.van,; per hec:faN, The early Illllturlng and aromatle a v rieties gave very little or no yields utalibecaUS11theywen,very1R1sceptibleto the atili.oksofrJ.b, 'b.Bta, "mayw,,""Abinzla,n ete. Seeding pf.� hill test (Lama<, E:t:1Jerimnt Stmi�11-).-Drop.. ping3and4seedsper hillinplantiDguplandrleei;:avebetter prodnctiw,. Drgppingtoom11Dysaed!perhillpraootedtlller inga11dtheplantswenslellderwJthshortandpoorlyde\·eloped Il"nlcles. The yields obtained.Crom 3and 4 seeds plantedper hillwere58.86andi'i2.76M.nmsperhel'tare,r,,spectfrelr. 1'«riet11 tCHt No. 1 (Plant """") (La Corl-0to. S1'j!O'a' CalM El' peri,,i,mf. SfoiWn) .--Flft.een varieties were tested ooverinir a fieldof4.fl5heetar..._ O!th"'*'testedJa,·a.247 ga\"etbe liigh e11t ��eldin sugar per hectare, 5 1 1.28 pi""L�; Badilo ,rw, se<ond w1tb 120.04 l'knls; LIIZO!l Pu,;,!e, third with 115.67 pkuls; lind Nev,• Gufoea24-A,thefourthw:ith llll.48pieul,. Viiriely t"l<t .Vo. Z (Pla11t e<rne) (La CM!ata S�gar Cm,e E.i: pcl'imont Stau,m).--Jn th e seeondrear test of 22 new ,· arieties theJ,iva.2l!lpn,dueal the highest yieldwith 164.4 pieub per hellb.N.l, follow ed by Luwn--4. with 147.06 pkuls, C. A. C.-S9 with136.Sapieul sandC. A.C.-91,dh133.36piculL Variety i"!<t No. 3 (Pk"'t ea,.e) (Ln Carll>/a Su[I/Jr C«M Ei110rimo..t Slatfon).-Only 7 Yarietles w ere Wied ln this exJ)eri rn,mt, LC.S.C.-2/4.ga,·ethehighEst yleld,producingl21.58 pi<:11ls ofsugarperh..ct.are. l'arid11 lc,,t No. J (R<rt�on) (La Cal'fola Sugar Cm1c Erper/. ,,,.,.t.Slatitm).--Otthe1 \ 8 'arietie c s orapared, Hawail-100 pro duced the hi�ilest yield, 129.36 p:iculs of !ugar J>Cr heciat"t!. and Kew Guinea 24-.A followed with 127.91 picul& of �ugar. The other ,11rietie� �''"'e eYen lower yields than the check Nr;gros P urpl•, whidlproducedlOS.85pienlsofsup.r. Ferlui:1!1' test 011 sugar ca,u. (L<, Carlota SH-/lllr Cnnc E:r P<'rirn,ml Sfoticm).--The r eady mi:,;ed fertll!zers used were

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ready mixed fertilizer, Brand No. 3 took the lead in sugar produotiru,yleldingJSG.07piculsolsugarper heclare,or29.19

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containing All .kilorram nitrogen and .32 kiloeramP,O,; ammo.. ninm sulphate and illllphate of potash eontaining ..48 kilC!ZrQm of nitl'OKl!D and 0.24kilogram J)Ota•h; and 8 ln"los of lime and .6kilo gram sulphur. These,appli<ldt.oeach treedurlng the.year,gaxe anavera geyieldof89L2 fruits(S5pcr<:ent),782fruits(88pe:r cent) a n d 4lfi frulta (73 permit) over the check, respeetivel�- AJI the plots are permanently =-eropped w ti h iptl-lJ)il, Loucaenl1gla...,.. Fertili:trteat01ithotmlueo/1n"t1-ogenaloNll-illlcomj)!otefer iili:er with lime.-In a seri e • of fertilizer testa conducted h,. Tanauan, ammonium sulphate gave an average yield of 166 fruits per tree, andeopra meal supplemented with lime, 80 fl"uit.s-----,u,.averageincrease of 81 per cent. The best quantity of amm<>llium sulphate was 2.6 kilos containing 0.5 kilo of n!trogen mlxedwlth5ki\osof llme,that applied every2yMrs yielded ana,•erage of244frultspertree dur!ngtheyear. This quantity,to which was added .48 ki l og=n of P,O. and .24 kilo gram R,0,ylelded SU fruib; 80 kilogram• of eopra meal, con. tllfaing .7fi kilogram of nitrogen, with 2.5 kiloa of lime (e.-ery 2 years),yielded76fruitsdnr;ng theyear. Reju,,smt(one.,pori......t�oi,tinuod�InTanaU11nthe8Elected Batangas, King, Kishlu and Szinkom varieties of mandarln oranire; the Bahia, Bolanp, Cajel (natlve orangeP.J. No. �66), Dougat, HomOMssa, llfajOl"lla, Orange (8868), Native N"os.7,8and9,St.llfohael andSe,'!lle varietiesofsweet orange; the Siam= seedless (P. I, No .. 34S2 and 3678) varletiea of p0melo; thll Sampson Tangelo, P. I. No. 1618; and a certain var:iety or1train of Colamond!n and ofCal-abao lime were a d -rantaa,,ousiy use d ln top..worklng old andotherwise"ll'e.Bkman darln-0rangetrees. P.-e.,erl:'lllio!i t,,st,-Jn Lamao, preserf!ng dtrus fruits by CD11ti11&" them with varnish and �hellac does not Pl"eS81"1'e the quality of the frultstrcat.ed and their UM! !1 oonllidered Im• practical. Citrus budwood Pl"eaerved ln damp powdered coi:,, a p ��= l!i eir-tight tont.aine rs, kept :n�! � th':�r�;;::�n t . Etl,erizatbte8t.-Asin pra\�ousyears thelnjectionofether :�� bark ofcl!rustreesha d no e!feclonthe frnitfulness Forced fruiting u:qrerim01it.-8eVl!re st.em a.nd root-pruning '00 f o�"" <itrus trees to fl'uit were found mo,·e detrimental to the ,ntalltyofthe.treesthan lightlll'llnlng-.

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The following ruble shows f.he numb,·r of fruit tr,ees pbntccl inthcdistricts 11•here agonts arna.ssigncd:

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The quantity of .eed 1111d plant mat.eriehi di•tr!buted from thiii atation is shown in the proviolll!tabu\otiotls. Below ;8 a summary,however,ofthe plants propagated: E<onomloplanbl,bDlaneefrnml920 •.• _ •...•... S7,'110 E..,,.,,,loplantl!,dlot>.1b•leddoriDrl9ZI .... ••••...• 60,&r.1 Eoo!!OOlioplonloundlstl'ibo!ed .•...• _,, ______ ___ ___ 100,1173

Of those distributed 8,476 were g1.,.fted (lllOJltly ma ngo), 'i12 budded and 479 were marcotted plant.. There we�e al.Bo 5,008 and 17,702 cuttinp of ornamental plante and fomge cropa, respectively, distributed be.aides Para rubber aeedl!ngs, fruit treeaeeds andvegcl:able seeds,asw:lllbeaeen elllewheretn thl; ro,orl. The statlonmado 746 sh!pments ofaeed&a.nd plant.to diffeNntparts of tbe Island!. hopagatllan-of 111a11,gGB.!e.m.-Aoontinuatlcmof thepreviou,, experiments on the asexual propagBtion of rnllllg(IS!8811S wa� corriedon. Ofthe22stocks gmfted,conaistlng ofkaturi,Gor •;,,.;,,. v�mllooa, G. ooohinohlnewiis G la!!Wijw1'lt, and Bunng, G. maore<111a,20gl'ew,whileallofthe17stocks b uddedfailed. Mu.,l<n,on1e11!ture.-Du1ingthe laatquarterofth11ye11rmush- roon,s, Val!Htrla ea�uleuta, were propagated at the station. It wa.shownth11t the)"CQUldbegrownbut dueto thehot w1111tl1m· it waanot found J)l'Oil.tnb le. Sw01Jt .,,,,n.-Tw,,, varletie.s of sweet oorn,Couutrr G(ll!tleman and Golden Bontam fl'OIU the UnitedStntee, plantedIn Noven1ber, promise i:DOd 1·esultR iudging !!'11111 tholr pl'!lllent growth.

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Bohal.-Thel'I! were 17 lawns infested at the beginnlng of tho yea r. Thi spravincehasbeencontinnoJ!ylnfesledfo rli�yoon.. v;gorous campo.igns were waged by all eo noorned w!th the resu!tthatthepro vlncew•"cleancdnpby.Apri!2.8,192.7, Bu!rwan.-Tbis province ""'" infested o n Septembe,· G and freed of loclULl• by October 5, 1927,asa l'OSn \tofactiviti..,nf tbeloelllnfficials. i ce was the moot seriously infnsted Cn'7<1:1Jll11�Th!• provn during tho Ye!LI', with 19 towns Infested on Januarya, 1927. The provincial and mun!cipnl olllclals, the i::.m.t,ibu\acy LLlld Jocu.atlnepectors allunilodin comba tingtlielocuElbiand1S towns were soo n clean, leaving Wily6 towns inf.,.tcd at tile cl<!Be uf tho year. Theprovinci allacnstb0&rdoftL!sprovi11ce ahou!dl>eeomrnendedfo1·lts a ctivopartlcipatl011!ntbedel!truc tion of locusts. When our funds for Locn at C<llltl'Ol WON! <>X• }1aust00.in0cl:obcr,19B'/,thatbo dyirnmedlat<!lyvolr<!th•"UIIl 0{ f'i!,OOOtoro nti nue the,..,,.rkln thabolated ,·<!{:i ons . Ceb,.�Thepeople ln generalandthe of!lclalsconeerned gave full 00Bpera t iW1towar<lsthe171'0mptcontrol otlocusbwith the l'esult th atth clOtown1 i nfested utthebeginn!ug o f theyear were dec:laredclewibyJune27,1927. Js<tbela.-Atthehegiun!ngoftheyeartherew erel2townij Jnf.,,,tedluthisprovince. A,ther ..ultofavlgol'ousruunpal gn conducted by the munklpal a nd provinci al o llicllLI• and tbe vuh1ablecollperationlHthcCon1tabulncyand!o,01tinspectors. this prov:incell'Mdeclal'Gd!reeonN01'8l?!ber26,192i'. Ma�hat�.-'l'he iu{estat lo n wa s fo l' a ehort peri o d only in 'M'1llbnte, that i•, from July7 to 16. Only one mnnlclpa.lit,y (Dhnasnlang) waa infested nnd the local offlclahl of the town handled the campaign well. M;,ul11,.0,---S1rn Jo se w,w the onlymunidpa.lity infested and much credit foi· the !mmedi.i.te e,:tiJrmina ti ou of the pesl; w as dueto thenctive partlci!)lltlon of the toW!ll!))l!ople, theinlel'illlt taken by !he Mindoro Sugor Co.• whooe plantatio n is n i &n Joseandbyourlocu•tsooutingp.a1ties . Theloeuatswe1·eflo11!1}· putundcr control on:May2?, Mou,,t,,i,i Prori11ce.-At the bcghming of th e rwr thm·e were 12munidpalit.i<!'ainfestcdmldtheeampnigns�redil'ectedby locnl ofilcla ls,tllcCci!llltalrular,nudlocustimpeclm's. Although (he province way continuouily infu,too thr oughout the rcnr, yet much woa ll«OIILPlhlhed. Eleven muni cipaLitfoa wcre(L-eed from the pest,nnd at the dtlOO o! lheyear onlyl di•klctre ma n i ed !niasted.

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Obl!e1·1·atiolll1 Wl!t'e made on thn Mndlterranean lloul' moth (Ephestia k"elmiella), a pe11t, which, as stated, caased much damoge to l;idneybeans In Ca.vite. Dead speelmena o f this lnaect wm.,, brought to the office by Mr. Francis W. Glaze ofthe NavalStation,vlth!;hel'eque,itthattheybe identified. Thespe cimeM,hcweve:r,wereso badlydamaged, the scall!llbalnii:rubbed off, that they could not V8l')'Well be nsed foridentlfication. One'1f olll" il\lllpectora"'""sentto CaYite to make observations on the premi11011and totell tho1e concernedwbatUldo tooont,:ol thel)C,'!t, Ll11ng opeeimenswereca ughtand bJ'OU!!htlntothe laboratory but they wc,·e a)!,O ;,nperfect specimens and t hey could not be uoed for identification alther. It was theL-efore neces•nrytoreer ncw,pecimens;ntha!aboratory. Some l iving ,ipecimen.werupnt in a test tnbewithkidneybeaas onJuly21, 1927. The nt!Xt day the in..,cts h ad lald "!!gs. The ob servation was continued. The Cl:lfS hatched after three d;iy,i, Twenty individual cate,·p!1101-s were put •eporately in viols with •orne kidneyboons. Fromihel!lleu)lures itwa/lfnnnd thatthe larval stageia fl'om2Sto49da)'IIRDd the pnpal si:ltrefrom4to O days. The lifo eye)e of the insect from the time the eggs are la l d tcthaLwhen themoth emerges isfromSOto&ldays. Field obsen•etions we"' also 1n11de 011 one of !ha 1ice borers (Scl1")'oph!t/1<>SP,), the mOJ1t "8t"ious and mostp,1,vu.lent bore,· ln noilo. liymenopt.ernlllj l}ll.TB!lites were reared from the egg cluateni collected from Iloilo. Furth<lrob00rvations werenlso made on thecabbugopyralid (Cmllidalommbillotali8), Ob,erVlltiOllll on the din.mond�back moth (Pfflte/la maoaU P""nio) was oompl�ted and a paper on thla in8"d was publ!Bhed In theoocond qua11cr iHua of the Phillppine Agrieultuml Review forl927. Some life hial:ocy data were also obtained on eertaiu other insects among which ,uc the follov.ing: Melon nr (Daeu8 ommrbitaa), augur-eane )eat hopper (Perkmsfo!ta. ,p.), c<>l'n stolkbo,·er (Pl/iu!llftaap.),sltipperonl<IIJl'aroa11e (Melaniti·8 sp.), cockroach (P�i·l,,la�ata amcri<11:1Jia), •lUJI' caterpillnr on mangoo,i <,:a.,.....,IIJl,), �llg'wol'ma on eaCllO, leafniine,: on peas from BagU10,,wd ooctu1d wcrm.s on tomatoe•nn� 1,oo.a. riiba!n cep!odtromliv!11£"plantsfromChin111u,dJap !lII _G l"" be,� me ng 11. _ l'lllll'C� \o the adult stage for iden tllle.ation. T.-mla "'!tli hwiet1<1ld<lli.......S1U11p\e.s of two !nsei:tlcldee from GermRny IPVl'll to qs br an American agent o! 11 llrm in Mani!n ware tested by Olle of our men. They we,., . t<l•ted on two

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nltrop,n,phOl!phorlcacld and pota sh{l0:6:2)gavefavorable reu1lts. Jo .spite of ,unelioil!ltlng fadnrs, however, thorough eradi CRtion still appeara tobe the only permanent solution. The aphid (Pellial.onla "ig,'Oll61'111l"") which transmits aae.a b bunchy-top al.io 11ppaara rcspomdble for the apr""d ofbanana hunehy-top,whiebl!P'l!'tleularlysevere ontheSaba and'Latun dan varieties. The hea,-t-rot of Latundan likewise appeara to belw,•ge)yadnal•taireatthebl!llchy-top. Pi111apple cU!ea••.--lluch attention baabeen given during tht!yeartoaSl!l'iouepineapplefrultleti:ut preoontinthelslsnda particnlarJyintbGSmocthCliyenne varletyrecentlylntroduced. The etiologyofthe diseese and\)lirllalmetbodaofcontrolbaw been"orked out. Tllecaasal agent i.s a blictlll'ium {E1"Wi>tia. nna11118 Senano n.!l)J,). Theresul:trioftbe studyhave boeneubmitted for pul, liootlon in the PhiUpplne .Trnuillll ofScienee. Rioo df.se"6e.-Fiald inveetl1JRtiOne in various rice-producing prov!D<!CllofLu110niodicute th.ltthellclerot!al sb!m rot (Sclero ti,,m W1/ZM) isthe most serious disea.e af thia cl'OP, belo(:' parlicularlyaevereduring thepast..easonon account ofthe climaticcondltionahlghlffav01'ableto the developmeirtof the dlsea•edurill&'the susoeptlblestage ofthe plant. The pi·ovince offloOOJJNOl'teappearedtoaufl'e,• the most. Laboratoryatu<!le1a:r eln progresstodeliinitthestraina of thistunG"Uaand to dctarmhle theirparlUlltlJ!llltodi!Ierentw rletiesofrlce. 11,ibbor,Us«u/J?/.--.Asurveyo!thedisease•ofHcvea rabber in Mlnd anao and llo.llilan indlcatu that the plantntiOllS, al though harb01ingaewr1d ofl.he major di..,...ses, are in general lnathrfvinl"condltionutharesultofclOlle i:nspel!tiona.nd Gllrly eradlcation ofminor outbrenks. Tabaeoo ,UaOOBM.-The inv.ti/l'lltion work on tobacco db eases hu heen limited (1) toa study of a baCOOrlal disease which ai,pear� to be w;!dilre and to a few taste, of seed a!&ri Uzlng agent,, against the Ol'g'anism at the Ilagan Tooaeco Sta tion !n the Cagayao Valley, Luzon, in whim it wa.e found that 1:1,0(lO mercuric chloride Jll'OVCd somewhat superior to the .a� concentmti�n of silver nitrate 11lthongh retardili.g germi nat.ion 11om1Mhatmore, 1111d (2) {ll!neralfleldobservattons,tol lowed by laboratory studies, on II green ,ipot on Sumatra wra11peratthe TobBCCo Statlon atSorurmyan, CotabatoProv-

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the in!mediate c0l:lt1:ol of mid diseases . A cerialn lellf•pct (C6'J'OOfj>Ol"<O sp.) WIUI r<IPO>"tl!d fl'Olll A!.abang, Rizal, nudal tbough the diooru,e is not l<nown to <.'IIUae serious dnmal!'l to eo.nes,eo1loof:lngaeverely Infected leavea and bnrningthemwu recommended ln.lll!V<!re caseaofin!ection. During thelleld im;pectiontripmadebyone ofour inspacto,'8 !n Pfliu-, Cnpiz, he noted also a eartdn augar...anc leaf il]loi dlsease causedbyLspt/l.081J/ta••iaBattJkari. Asiathe case wl\;h otharlea:fspot dlseaees,this is not also vezyhannful,butt.lle owner o! the fields was also advised of the necel!Bita,- of ooJ. lectin,g and burning badly sll'ected leaves to minimize the in!e.station. COC01111t d/81!11•�.-Bes!dee the regu.lqr campaign for the coq. trol of cooonut peats lllld dl2oase� in several provinces being conducled underthe supervisloo ofthis dlvision,.eeverql com plaintsnbout the prevalenoo ofot:her cooonut dlseasessnch ,uithe leaf spot(PestQloufapa.lmar,tmJ, stetnbleedl ng diseu81! (7'/tiafovi'17)!!11'ep.) andDipkldiGap.inMinglaniila,Cebu,were attended to. Reportswerealao,..,c:eJvedfrominibto,Misarnla,regardi� the pl.'evalenooofcertal.neoconut disea!181!1D some plantat!Ollll of that municipality and from tlle municipality of Jimenes of the same proVlllee, An lnapeotm: Wll.9 sent to investigate tile troub[e,g and f011Dd tba.t P"8t,,/.o:nlo.p,U1114,,im and Dip!odia sp. were the caW1B11 of the t>'<luble In Initno, and nut-full i n Ji• mencs. The owne" of these plantRti!lllll were given prop•!' irult rucl:!ons!or tl1e control ofthese diseases. CitTu8 di8<!118e�The mo.&t common complaint 11-ound Manila and vicinity wa111W<Jutbarl<-1,:,tar gU111IOOais. rt W!IRal•o l'll port,ed from &.!IIIUI, Ilo!lo, end Rizal, bl!l!lid811 from Bat:mgu where aregular c,impal1m fru·itlloootrol isbeillJl'warcd u ndor the superrision of the diviaion. Citrus eanker (P1011iom,:,11<1,11 altri) was reported alfecting !ltlme trees fo tlic Singalon,gProp al!'liiOfl. 81.u.tJon, P11eay and San Francisco del Mont�, Rizal. Call4totf'l·�hu,m olm,aoprwiofdes and Fiuaot'il,111, sp. were Isolated fro?' the Hl)eeill18lla collected from Lome1-y, Batangas. A com plaint W8811lso received regurd!ngthep1-e&en"" of sooty mold on eitrue plants In Diualuplhan, Bataan. Pink disease caused by c,,'ticium sat•/I.Otlicolw w&11 reported f l'OIII San Juun. In· BPectcn were sent to these place• to in�·eitlgn!;e nnd help cor r.,.poodlug ownen control said dllll!ll ses CtlC<l.u dioe,i.,es.-.A cert!lln cacao truuble w1111 reported fr rmi Ant!polo,aizal, and an lnepectorwns aent ther8andfoUI1d that

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F1nlt-rot ol' nani:c a caUIIOO bJ Rlii.wpll8 ,t,iooarpi was re,. port.<.,d from Pasay and the ownee waa a dvlaed to &J)l'.11.J' the plants with BOl'deaUX mixture after . collecting the affected :fruit s. Some ka•eya in the Sl�lonJ Propagntion Station were :ronnd atfei:tedwith FJ<Uarlum SP· lt waa reoommendedthat ste rillzed ll<ill b eulll!d in potting tJic seedlings. Mabo\oseed!� rec eived fromMangatarEID, P angasinan war e aff'eetedw:lth afungus (Thielcwiopoia•P·l· Foeth!s aLsasterl \ized soil in tlieeeed bed wasrecommended. Fruits,,miflowenofoWIIWI w erefounddecteil wlthGln �.,..;:<ffi, sp. in Rlzal Park. The owner WU BdVIBed to .SJ)MY them withBordea11xmixture. Pa:pll;)•a :fr uit s floo1n P!ISIIYw ere foun d alfeeb;d with Colle Oowkkum P"Pit!/111 anll specimens :fl:omMa!olos, Bula"8D, r e vealed tbep1....eeme ofac ah {Cla.dolljlori1111•sp.) an'd F'ma.ril,m BP, on the fruits and G'm"Ol>8Porasp. on the leaves. Our in 'Speetnl's who vis ited thei!eplaces advll!ed the O'll'D81'1! of the ne cessity ofnmoving t hediseasad parts and aprayjngthe planll! with Bord1111uxmil<turaorUme sulphUL'. Ba,uina,m611Be..�Thabananabllllclly-top wasohservedpre v al entam0Jl.ll' La.tandau plant., growlngtnSanta R!ta, Pampanga. The owners were advlsedthrougb the munic ip al lll'ellldentto dlll'up andburn l a l infocted plants. Aeaaeofheart-rotand al enf apot(M""'6JalM1'Wel!amtl.Wlll)IVereob.serl'l!dlnSanJ!iQti lielg hta. Dllmu... uf 11<1oimits.---A comp laint was received :frmu Novali chori,regcrdlnll' certain pl!ILilnt tl'Dub!es. Aninu;iector w111S81lt t o the pl11<• 11nd found thattwo dl,e.. es caused by Soll!�otill>i• 1'01jwlia ndSoptot]Wea;mrffl!<!Mdi&were�OIISiblefortlte trouble. 'l'heo1Vner11'll1wlvisedtorernowandbumallin fectedpartsatldlime the soilforlbeconlrol oft heScl,n-o!i,!18 diaeaae. Pi11eapp/.od�aa•s.-Adise8"eofpjneupplea(top-rot)wru,ob scrvedln'I'llnauan,Batnnl!ll& ltwMcausedbyThio!<Wiap.,l&sp. and the owner was advi•ed .to dip tba •nckera in Rordeaux mlx tur11 hef o r<i p!anting hel'ellfbr. T0Mcoodi'Btagoe.-Be11ide11the aurveyfortheprevalenceof tohacco diGO!oaeswhich Willi made during the earl y p art of the Y11Rl'inthel1Bg111111nd&runny,u1Tobacc0Stat!ousbym1eo:four l�ra, 111,oportwas:ro c alved tlllltthalealspotC�!'""•· . P<>m ,11eot1<UIQ•) and bacterln] willWllre bad in Pnvla, Ilollo.

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of the cliacases <liab,nooed arc of little ewnwnie importnnee, however. SWVEY A1'.'IJ EMil!CATION or AJJAC.I. PESTS ANU DISEASï¿½S

BUREAU OF AORTCUl.T\JU

·1,068 ....

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SURVhY A:,,rD CO>lTROL WOl<!( 01' LOltAN\'HUS PAl<ASITE AND Il,'illK-ROt OR G\/M)IOSIS 01' CITRUS

TWEl>ITI-SEYBNTH AN;>,UAL REPORT

Only six l'Ul'ul credit ussocfa.tio,is, out of 214 that owe the ltiea and Corp F'uml were �ued 01· th1•enlened with suit.a; and

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83 On the other hantl we haw tho followin!,'. Jnc,Âˇďż˝.ases:

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1926,this show.anincreueof54ca!'llbaosbutadeereaae of 8150cattle. J11twlslalld slt,pmenla.--lo,738 cattle and 2,015 car abaos ar rived at Manila from intelis!and ports, an inlll'Eflse of 8,41i4 cattJelll!d469carabaos oVel ' 1 9 ll O . ln,ipeotio11Bfarwkiokfall8Weradollectl1fl......Atota[o£ 152,849 1111imal1ofallldndswere inBJ1eCteduponarl'lv&l atManila,for which foos amounting to 1"20,401.70were col l ectea. Of these anln.als120,7 97were swine. Pott.mr,rtam fn.,pet!ti<m ;n A=raga. Abattoir.--There were 181,7 1 1 nnimals of all kinds inspected of which 129,786 were paased for :food and 1,385 condemned. The number ins l)(lcted lncluded.US,67 8swlne. P!nt,l!Wrt-. impe�tilm in Panduwn ,Vt!tadero.--Dnring the yearl,'121 an!:malswerelllanghtered at thls matadei:oot.which number lwas condemned and 1,720passed for food. Poat,.mort..,,. m,p.,.lim, in Sisima'II Matade,·a.-At Siainum 7,966 Alllltralian c.,.ttle Wl!I'e slaughtered and 6 2 w ere con: dernned 1111� 7,904pBesed for food. Rindsrp�st.-Durlug the J'Elll' 8,013 caaes of rfoder!)llstwere ' ! p 6 ortedwith 2,183 deaths from the 11:me dieeru;e. These flgurMeomparefavorablywiththell,824casesand7,470deaths reportedfor192G. Theprovinceai11which the di110W1ewaspres.. ent during SGJ11epart of the J&ar "ere Abra, B11l.u.can, Caga Yllll, Gapiz, IlocOHSur, Jlo!Jo,lsabeln,Laguna, 11,lountnin Prov !ooe,Nueva VlZca)'ll,0<:<iid<mtalNegros,PnmJlllnga,P'angasinan, Rlzal,Sorsogon,.Terlac,lUldTayQ),ru,, At the beginning of the yen,· there were 12 municipalities infected inS provioocs and onDecember31,I92 7,there were 7 lnfeiled towns in 15 p>'v O lnces. There were 75 outb1-oolm o! rindei'J)eltdur!ngthe year, counting each time a muotcipalit,r was taken up as infected or re:iufeei<!d as a aetiarate ontbreak. Thefollawinirtahle give:athenumherof.rindel"PGit ca&esand i d!!llth1by th1 ,e-monthperlods du1•ing 1 927: Ri""'"'"!'"'""''"tUQU..1,yq"""""

nl.JREAU 01' AGJUCl:LT\mE

l'\'/ENl'Y-SEVEKTJ! ANXUAL REPO!!T

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at lealft50,000vacclnatfonswould h&vebeen added to the total forthf.ay8'1l'. Dueto aaeve.., outbreakof rlnde1:pestlnilQOOI! Sur, more v11Cc!ne was used them than in 311.Y other Pl'Ovl.rne, 166,896 vaccinations having been ndminfstered. Abra, Pan gaaiwu1,a:ridiloilo el•ousGd a large amount of vaccine. A11ti-i'iiul�r,,est BGl'l<ffl.-.A total of 196,676 eubic centimeters ofenti-xluderpestsel'l!lllvaluedeti"3,l46.SO Wll.!lltl1111Ufoctu1'00 durlng theY8Ql',ofwhich 177,800 cublccentimetersvlliued at 'l"!!,844.80w1111ll0ld orused. Theserum outputdurlngthe yenr was �pand from 10 Indo-Chin11.11e cattle that were bled to deathandl:ilbledSliterseal!h;ti9native catt!e thatwerebledto d8!1th,1111d80Ilacosooraba!IJl!bled21itel'seai:lt. The59nntiu cattlewore animnlswbich had recoveredfro m the teetl!of rln d&1·pe111t vaec.lne.. The amount of!•l,477.20 WW! r=liz:ed fl.•um tliesale ofthelrr.arcasees. Immullitytesta/P,win-Pen/;aa/.t�aJldCG1'lWaoa.---Fi.veabi p mentsofc.attleandcarab:los totaling864onlmalsrece!ved from Pnom-Penh werelnjected withrlnderpestvfrhlent blood to test the e/FectiYene!!s of lmmunl:u.tlon in Indo-Chin,. A11lmal• immwii::ed (sim.lllta11aous mcthOO:).-Twruity-nlne natlvecattle,2011ative Cl!rabllOl!,and 8Australian cattla wel'B Immunized at this.Laboratozyby the slnu,]taneoua method nl CO!llJl�N!d with 488 nn.tnrnla Immunized by this method last

,,..Anlhrai.--During the past yeru.• three spce!mena submitted

to the Laboratory-one from Dagupan,one from Bateng,is,and one fl'om Tarlao--proved.poij!tive for anthra,:. Vib,;01i-septitJU6in/ediou.--One caae11'118obscrved Joa VB"" that had UD.dergone simultaneous Immunization at the quu· antinestatl011 atTioilo. t =�:� ;,c;"� fve for hem. i CoceidWIJis.-Twc .Ayrllhlre hulls lmpo,,te<J by the B11roou of A1,'l'lculture !OJ' breeding Pll>'P<lS(!a and !lent to the Ah,bang Stock Fann !or�� p�rpOSe were deflnltaly diagnosed as being aH'cetedwlthCl!Ccidm111•,varlou1fo,,m.s ofthe Ol'g11nism having been found ln the bloody fecal disoh111·ge, which la one of tl,e i!har11c!eri1tfes ofthisdlsea,e. One anlmalhrought to theLab there was also found t o be affected wltll the t:��IJ<l ::��a Epiz�1;tfo !ymphanyit/s........Lehoralory examination of n<>dulcs �!alned from II horse in &nto Tomas, Bal:enJl'llll, and from a rig pony owned by theBureo.u or Agrieul!ure both proved po-

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ntorymcd!R11ndllmalllahotatoryanirnala. lnnolestof varelru, tn8deto datl!'hnvewefoundu1inglaiottobeconlam!ll!lt.edWith pathogenieorgan!Slnll. Inaddilion,fl·l!Shblood!oexamlnodfor germsundblood par ...ltel!, 'l'oincreue theell\cieneyofthis operation,an appropriate cenlrlfuge nndEnscope were pur chased. A photollt'll)lhic microscope eyepiece hOB aloo been added to tho equipment. Thia appnt11tus l•for theJ>U"pase of making aquick,pe1-ma nentreeord. lt i•alao uaed in ,.,,.earch work. A Wol!fguhel pt.,.t,...ount<!r hasa]90i,eenaddedt,, fo cilitn.te bact.erial colonycow,ting, A Freas eleet.ticol'en was acquiNd during the P'l•t year 811 well a. a number of rnlnm· pieceaofapparatua. The mostimportant �inglc ite m of econou,y du1·ing the past year was elfooted by changing the method ofprepoi•ing the dilutinglluid. Thi£ehan,gerep1'1!..ntsaaavingto1.hetaxpeye r• oft>5,940onthebnsisof557,006dosoo••mt to tlloproYince lnl927. Anoth.er important eeonomr was e!Tected by changing the method or manufacturing nnti-rinderpe.t serum, whereby th� perce nt ofi\Crum,...,o,'e1·edfromwholnbluodwas1•a iaedfrom 13.57t.o51i.33. Th.e th.ird imprn•tant c: e onorny, an ,werage reduct.ion of ,.50 pe rrnonthintbe eln,triteurnmtbillfortheLaboratory,w11Sef. fectcd by conaoli<Ultlnl!' a.II light and power under one meter nnd obtaining a new schedule. Economr in labor and feeding !!X!)l!lll!8 wa� ell'ectcd by im mediatelydlspo!lingDfnnimalswbkh had set-vetltheirpnrprn,e. The revenue deI"ived fr om thi• sour<:e amounted to l'll,872.511 forthe y<la1·. Equipment with a book valucof1'10,024.38wa a reported as avail�ble for transfer to other depmr lnlenta. l'...,.,!11c.iHb11tatfo••.--OnOclob0r 8,1927,a new branehlah ora(ory for dilutlng,•aecine """ 01iened at Vlg5n, llocOII Sur. The brnneh labornlorie. el!lnblished In Dagupan, Pong:88lnan, inl925,nndllo!lo,lloilo,inl92fi!u11etioneddurin1theyear 1927. Jle,iea,-ch.-Thc rn:1,ior l"'oi. oot this %!Ir wn• the continuance of resea1"<:h on the im1uuvome nt of rinder!l""t v>1ecine,which work was started ills\ yenr by Major B. A. Keleer, V.C., U.S.A. nnd the Bu1·eau of Agricuitul"<! working in wllnboratlon. At \hi� wrl1.ing,lahomtory ex11or!menl11tlon ie dtuwing lo a close, the rcsullsofnetW1ltestsonenltle nndearaba,,.indicating thn\ a new method f r, preparotion Im• impl'llved tho vneci110 in three important way•: ftrsl, time of. pre[)llmtloo aho,·tened

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IJUl<�AU or .\�aICULT!ffiE

TW!lNTY-S!lVIC!<:TH �NNl.lhL Rlil'OltT

The status of \he pe1·sonnel is as follow�,

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Nubianbuokareplaeedtheoldbuclal,cbouttheendoftheyear. Tbeintention;aw upgr11detheetookandestabllshaNubi3.JJ

Tbe11heepherdaareheadedhypnreSb1'0pa hh-eramsandthe P!U'POJ1ei.sto establishaSbropshil'l!herdadaptcd.toPhijippine i ns condito 8wilie,--O£theb1·eeda 0£-pirsnow at tbiafarm the Poll!Jld Cblna .seems the bardiest and has been •elected 101· cro.eing with native Batangas and native Jaliijala sows. (The l'<iSllltli of th!e work will be pub llllhed when fin!flhed.) 'rbe Poland China boar imported last Y""-P he.s grown enol'mouely andwlll be thebigircetboarthe st.atlon evarhad. All theyoung sired bythisboararevjgo,:ous andwelllikedbythapuhUc. Poultry.-Tho nature of the work on p oultr:I' this year haa been1.he1<Qme,u;;npreviou11)'1!1U'8,that is,t11!sing themfo1"S11le to the public and for �erimeutal wo1·k. The egn a,.., incu bated both bynatural and artilleial !ncnbatio111111ndthey01lng rnisedbybenso,·tminedeapcns. DuriligtbedJ.y.season,theHooroftheincubetorcella1·i� sprinkled with water at 10 11. m. and incubators are provided wlthmolst1111ndto lncr<!W1<',hurnidill', T.his p1-acticelncl'eased thc�ntage of chlck•hatcl!cd. lngenaralthopoultryproJec tbasbeenS11tiidac torybutthc demand for pure bred poultry Md eggn is too !l'L'eat ond there Is need to lhl})ort more fowls GV!!fl' yell.r to •UPJ)ll' this de t numd andtopreveultoomuchl11bl'ecdin g, whlchisharmful o t he stook. The kam,1la for w orm, in J)I.IUltrJ proved a good remedy for ts.pewormsa11d toaalightdegree eve.nUlrrou11dworms,buttlw clalmtlml:ltlnereases eggproductlon couldnotbe verificd11s the eggpi•Olluctiondecirea.acdlnalead. The W®ther cond!ti=s at Lil Carlota in 1927 w�re n ot very f11vorableasLherowa11toomuch!'Siafl'omMaytoOctobe1·and the animals could not graze eufficiantly ever y day \o satisfy t heir hungel'. 'l'he prevolence of hlteninal pal'aa!tes mnong thrnnllllldeth<lseoondit.lonsatillwor!!cfo1·tl1ema.odqu!teanun,ita, aheap and cattle. Al110Qg !1 111 i 1 = ;��tr;:::; � : � :; : :;. 1 i t e&immaryoftransactione it wlU b eaeen 1.lrnt now From h the tot.11.Jnumhe1•ofliVeato<:kisall'e111lytoo h!rfor Cllttleand

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