Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1920-06-04 | Page 4 | Uncultivated Philippine Land

Uncultivated Philippine Land. Surveys of the Philippine islands have shown that of the total of 120,-000 120,-000 square miles, the cultivated area is only 14,000 square miles, the remainder remain-der embracing 61,000 square miles of commercial forests, 11,000 of non-commercial forests, 14,000 of unexplored and small islands, and various areas promising mineral products. The cultivated cul-tivated lands include 2,189,000 acres of rice, 1,236,000 of abaca or Manila hemp, SSO.OOO of coconuts, 440,000 of sugar cane, 145,000 of tobacco, 18,000 of mahogany, 20,000 of cacao, and 2,000 of coffee.