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FARMERS OF FORTY CENTURIES.
FARMERS OF
FORTY CENTURIES
OR PERMANENT AGRICULTURE
IN CHINA, KOREA AND JAPAN
By
F. H. KING, D.Sc.
FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURAL PHYSICS IN THE UNIVERSITY
OF WISCONSIN AND CHIEF OF DIVISION OF SOIL MANAGEMENT,
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Edited by
Professor J. P. BRUCE, M.A., Litt.D.
LIBRARY OF PRINCETON
NOV 1 3 2007
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ORGANIC GARDENING PRESS
EMMAUS, PENNSYLVANIA.
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
PREFACE 13
INTRODUCTION 15
I FIRST GLIMPSES OF JAPAN 27
II GRAVE LANDS OF CHINA 53
III TO HONG -KONG AND CANTON 63
IV UP THE SI-KIANG, WEST RIVER 80
V EXTENT OF CANALIZATION AND SURFACE FITTING OF
FIELDS 93
VI SOME CUSTOMS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE 109. VII THE FUEL PROBLEM, BUILDING AND TEXTILE MATERIALS 123
VIII TRAMPS AFIELD 149
IX THE UTILIZATION OF WASTE 171
X IN THE SHANTUNG PROVINCE 191
XI ORIENTALS CROWD BOTH TIME AND SPACE 230
XII RICE CULTURE IN THE ORIENT 238
XIII SILK CULTURE 273
XIV THE TEA INDUSTRY 284
XV ABOUT TIENTSIN 291
XVI MANCHURIA AND KOREA 304
XVII RETURN TO JAPAN 329
MESSAGE OF CHINA AND JAPAN TO THE WORLD.
FIG PAGE
Rainy weather costume 28
Drying seaweed 31
Growing seaweed 31
Trellised pear orchard in winter 33
Pear trees at Akashi Experiment Station 33
Pears protected by paper bags 34
Street in country village, Japan 35
Chinese country village along canal 36
Japanese rice f…