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CEMENTLESS SOIL BLOCKS
In view of the rising cost of cement, the Forest Products Research and Development Institute made an attempt to form building blocks out of soil and water alone or in combination with one or two other agri-forestry waste materials, such as rice hull, coconut coir dust and wood ash. Lime is used as […]
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Mongo Kropeck
To provide increased nutrients in the snacks of children, the addition of mongo flour has been tried and found acceptable.
Materials:
5 cups rice flour2 ½ cups mongo flour2 cups oil or lard1 ½ tbsp. flavoring (cheese or barbecue)2/3 cup water
Procedure:
1. Separately, grind rice and mongo to make flour.
2. Mix them together and add water and […]
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Fruits that have flavor and a substance called pectin can be transformed into delicious jelly, such as the bignay fruit, papaya, duhat, santol, tamarind and guava. Soursop (guayabano) sininguelas, breadfruit(rimas), anonas and chico all have high pectin content. Fruits that have very low pectin are difficult or cannot be made into jelly.
Testing fruit for pectin. […]
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1. Wash ripe pineapple thoroughly. Cut off the ends and divide the fruit into small pieces. Pass it through a meat grinder or chop and mash it thoroughly. Extract the juice by pressing lightly with hand. The extract can be made into juice or vinegar. Add water equivalent to the pulp residue and mix them […]
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Here is more equipment and machineries from the Openacademy for Philippine Agriculture.
LS 600 Lite Stripper
- Efficient. 8-10 persons can harvest, thresh, and clean the grains of more than one-half hectare in 1 day with a separate thresher.- Simple and low-cost construction. It has only one moving part for stripping the grains and […]