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title: 'Kinahanglan ang Pagbuligay sa Katilingban (Community Help Is Needed): Farmers'' Calendar on the Rice Stem Borer (Cebuano poster distributed in the Philippines)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/rice-stem-borer-farmers-calendar-cebuano-philippines-1951/
description: A 15-panel farm-extension sheet in Cebuano headed 'Community help is needed', issued as a Farmers' Calendar by the Economic Cooperation Administration
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# Kinahanglan ang Pagbuligay sa Katilingban (Community Help Is Needed): Farmers' Calendar on the Rice Stem Borer (Cebuano poster distributed in the Philippines)

A 15-panel farm-extension sheet in Cebuano headed 'Community help is needed', issued as a Farmers' Calendar by the Economic Cooperation Administration for Philippine farmers. Drawings show the rice stem borer's life cycle, a lamp trap, removal of infested plants, and spraying with kerosene or 2.5 to 5% DDT, ending with neighbours acting together. The tell is plain-folks: farmers in field dress model each step and the final panels frame the pest as a shared village task.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (Cebuano) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
KALENDARYO SA MAG-UUMA
GIMANTALA SA "ECONOMIC COOPERATION ADMINISTRA-TION" SA TINIPONG BANSA ALANG SA KAAYOHAN SA MGA MAG-UUMA SA PILIPINAS.
[emblem: E.C.A.]

KINAHANGLAN ANG PAGBULIGAY SA KATILINGBAN

[Panel 1] NASUMPO MO ANG "ACCIP NA PULA" (DANGAN SA TUGDAN SA HUMAY) TIMAN-I, ANG DIYOS MAGTABANG NIADTONG MAGTABANG SA ILANG KAUGALINGON.
[Panel 2] 1. MGA ITLOG
2. NAPUSA NA ANG MGA ITLOG NGA NAHIMONG MGA ULOD
3. ANG MGA ITLOG MANG LUKLOK SA SULOD SA MGA DAHON
4. ANG TUGDAN KUTKOTON UG KAN-ON SA MGA ULOD
5. HUMAN SA 25 KA ADLAW NGA PAGKAON, ANG ULOD MOPAHULAY
6. SULOD SA 9 KA ADLAW ANG ULOD SANGKAP NA SA MGA PAKO ANG PAK-ANG ULOD MANGITLOG UG DAGHANAN
UNSAON SA "ACCIP NA PULA" PAGHIMO SA KADAUT
[Panel 3] MAHIMONG GAMITON ANG MGA LIT-AG SA MGA PAK-ANG ULOD. PAGBUTANG UG LAMPARAHAN NGA MAY SIGA SA TALIWALA SA USA KA SUDLANAN SA TUBIG NGA MAY GAS SA IBABAW KON MAY MGA PAK-ANG ULOD NGA MANGLUPAD.
[Panel 4] KUHAON ANG MGA MASAKITONG TANUM. SA BAG-ONG TUBO NING MGA TANUMA, ANG BAG-ONG MAHAON NGA MALAYA.
[Panel 5] KUHAON ANG TANANG SAGBUT UG DAGAMI SA MGA LAYONGANAN UG PILAPILAN SA DILI PA MAGTANUM.
[Panel 6] PANGITAON ANG NAKATAGONG MGA ITLOG SA LUYONGANAN SA BINHI. AYAW ITANUM ANG MGA NADAUT SA ULOD.
[Panel 7] AYAW ILABAY ANG MGA ITLOG, APAN IBUTANG SA SUDLANAN SA TUBIG. BUBOI UG GAS ANG IBABAW SA TUBIG.
[Panel 8] KUHAON ANG MGA MASAKITONG TANUM. ANG MGA GULANG-GULANG NANG TANUM MAGPAKITA SA BUHAT SA ULOD SA MAPUTING TUGDAN UG LUGAS NGA WALAY UNOD.
[Panel 9] SA PAGKUHA SA MASAKITONG TANUM, PANIGUROON ANG PAGPUTOL SA DAPIT NGA KINAUBSAN SA TUGDAN. PUNDOKON UG SUNOGON SILA.
[Panel 10] KUHAON ANG MGA SAGBUT, KAY ANG MGA PAK-ANG ULOG MAGPUYO KANILA.
[Panel 11] NING PAAGIHA, ANG GAGMAYNG MANANAP NGA MOPATAY SA "ACCIP NA PULA" MABUHI. MAMATAY ANG "ACCIP NA PULA".
[Panel 12] ANG DDT UG UBAN PANG MGA PANGPISIK MAKASUMPO SA "ACCIP NA PULA." GAMIT SA 2½ HANGTUD SA 5% NGA TIMPLA SA DDT. IPISIK PAG-USAB SULOD SA 7 KA ADLAW. KON BUOT KA, PAKITAMBAG SA IMONG SUPERBISOR SA PANGUMA.
[Panel 13] ANG MGA HUMAYAN NGA TAKBOYAN SA ULOD KINAHANGLAN DAROHON UG SUDLAYON HUMAN DAYON SA PANGANI KON PASANAPAN PAG-AYO SA TUBIG ANG PILAPILAN SULOD SA USA KA SEMANA.
[Panel 14] KON ANG "ACCIP NA PULA" MOTAKBOY SA UMA SA IMONG SILINGAN, TABANGI SIYA SA PAGSUMPO NIANA. ANG IMONG UMA MAOY ISUNOD
[Panel 15] AYAW PAGHILAT SA DIYOS NGA MALUOY SAMTANG ANG "ACCIP NA PULA" MAGPADUT SA IMONG ANI. LIHOK DAYON UBAN SA IMONG MGA SILINGAN. SUMPOA ANG DANGAN SA HUMAY.
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Farmers' Calendar. Published by the "Economic Cooperation Administration" of the United States for the benefit of farmers in the Philippines. [emblem: E.C.A.]

Help from the community is needed.

[Panel 1] The "red-headed pest" (the rice stalk borer) has attacked you this year; God helps those who help themselves.
[Panel 2] 1. Eggs. 2. The eggs hatch and become grubs. 3. The grubs bore into the leaves. 4. The stalk is gnawed and eaten by the grubs. 5. After 25 days of feeding, the grub rests. 6. Within 9 days the grub is fitted with wings; the winged moth lays eggs in numbers. How the "red-headed pest" does its damage.
[Panel 3] Winged moths can be trapped: place a lit lamp in the middle of a basin of water with kerosene on top where winged moths are flying.
[Panel 4] Remove the diseased plants. On the newly sprouted plants, the newly opened leaf [is] ...
[Panel 5] Remove all the weeds and grasses in the paddies and dikes where nothing is yet planted.
[Panel 6] Look for the hidden eggs in the seedbeds. Do not plant the seedlings damaged by the grub.
[Panel 7] Do not throw away the eggs, but put them in a basin of water. Pour kerosene on the surface of the water.
[Panel 8] Remove the diseased plants. The ... plants show the work of the grub in the white stalks and empty grain.
[Panel 9] In removing the diseased plant, take care to cut the part below the stalk's lowest joint. Gather and burn them.
[Panel 10] Remove the weeds, because the winged moths live in them.
[Panel 11] In this way the small creatures that kill the "red-headed pest" survive; the "red-headed pest" dies.
[Panel 12] DDT and other sprays can attack the "red-headed pest." Use a 2½ to 5% mixture of DDT. Spray again within 7 days. If you wish, consult your farm supervisor.
[Panel 13] Rice fields in which the grub has run should be searched and entered immediately after harvest, and the dike watered well within one week.
[Panel 14] If the "red-headed pest" runs to the field of your neighbor, help him fight it. Your field is next.
[Panel 15] Do not wait for God's pity while the "red-headed pest" devours your harvest. Act at once with your neighbors. Attack the rice borer.
```

Small italic panel text read at reduced resolution; a few Cebuano words are uncertain and the English is a literal gloss, not a polished translation. Hyphenation follows the sheet.

[← Some Things Don't Need to be Seen](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-some-things-dont-need-to-be-seen-1951/) [Masapul nga Agtitinnulong Dagiti Umili (The People Must Help One Another): Farmers' Almanac on the Rice Stem Borer (Iloko poster distributed in the Philippines) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/rice-stem-borer-farmers-calendar-iloko-philippines-1951/)

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