Philippines agriculture, sugar harvesting

Now the crop is sugar, another valued export of Philippine agriculture. Before the war, sugar led all other export crops. Since that time, because of lack of necessary machinery, rehabilitation was slow. But now, sugar is again a foremost industry, one of the two major exports, another tribute to Philippine enterprise. [Music] Today, you travel by modern, comfortable inter island plane service spanning the 1500 mile length of the Philippines in hours instead of [Music] weeks. Yet, the past is always with you, like these horsedrawn rigs, still following the dusty roads of yesterday.