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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008“I am a fan of gatas ng kalabaw (carabao milk) and its by-products. Being a local of Los Baños, where the Dairy Training Research Institute (DTRI) is located, carabao’s milk and its by-products like kesong puti (white cheese) and pastillas de leche (milk candy) sold along the streets is a common sight. I remember when […]
Raising Frogs for Meat
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Have you ever tasted frog meat? If you grew-up in areas like Bulacan, Pampanga and Nueva Ecija with endless ricefields, frogs is a common dish. Be it fried, adobo, sinampalukan, it always tastes like chicken! Of course there are frog species that are edible, one of them is called “palakang bukid” (rice field frogs), the […]
Native Bee Production
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008The native honey bee or the Asian honey bee (Apis cerana) are good pollinators of crops. They also produce honey, pollen and wax, all of which could be either directly used by farmers or sold in the market.
Compared with the exotic European honey bee (Apis mellifers), our native honey bees are more resistant to pest […]
Small-Scale Butter Making
Friday, February 29th, 2008Butter can be made from fresh or fermented milk. If fresh milk is used, it must first be separated into skim milk and cream. The cream is churned and the final product is known as sweet butter. The milk used to make lactic butter does not require separation into skim and cream. Instead milk is […]
The Rubber Tree - Part 1 of 5
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Why rubber trees are grownThe rubber tree is grown because rubber is made from the latex in its bark.
The rubber tree has roots made up of a tap- root and creeping roots.
In the bark of the rubber tree there is a liquid called latex.
The latex is harvested by making a slit in the bark, […]
The Rubber Tree - Part 2 of 5
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Preparing the seedlings
It takes a long time to get good rubber tree seedlings to put in the plantation.
It takes two years to get seedlings for putting in the plantation.
To raise seedlings for the plantation, you must:
· make the seeds germinate in the germinator;
· put the germinated seeds in the nursery;
· look after the nursery;
· graft […]
The Rubber Tree - Part 3 of 5
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Preparing the ground and making the plantation
To make a good plantation, you must:
· prepare the soil well;
· do the planting well.
Preparing the soil
Choose deep soil that is never flooded. Then the tap- root of the rubber tree can go down well into the soil.
Once the site is chosen, you have to:
· clear the ground;
· stake […]
The Rubber Tree - Part 4 of 5
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Looking after the plantation
To have a good plantation that gives a lot of latex the planter must:
· look after the plantation before tapping;
· look after the plantation after tapping;
· protect the rubber trees against diseases and insects.
Looking after the plantation before tapping
To look after the plantation before tapping, you must: take good care of the […]
The Rubber Tree - Part 5 of 5
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Tapping
Tapping means
· to make a cut in the bark of the rubber tree
· to harvest the latex.
Tapping is difficult to do well. You must take care how you do it.
For a good tapping, you must:
· make a good cut;
· harvest the latex well;
· harvest the latex at the right time.
Making Tocino, Longanisa and Sausage
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Tocino
Ingredients and Weight
Shoulder 1.0 kg
Salt 20 g
Sugar 80 g
Prague powder 4 g
MSG 4 g
Black Pepper 4 g
Phosphate 3 g
Water 100 ml
