Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1920 — Rice Terraces Are World’s Masterpieces [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Rice Terraces Are World’s Masterpieces

This is a photograph of the Ifugao Igorrot rice terraces, which are among the most remarkable of their kind in the world. They are one of the many marvelous sights for the tourist to see In the Philippine Islands and are to be found in the Ifugao district of the Mountain province. Northern Luzon The height of these terraces, which are held up by stone walls, is from 4 to 18 feet, averaging 8 feet high. It is estimated there are 12,121 miles of eight-foot stone walls In the Ifugao terraces, which Is approximately half the distance around the world. These terraces are skillfully Irrigated by water brought In troughs along the precipitous mountain sides over long distances.