"Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan" by F. H. King. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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F. H. King. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan
Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan
Table of Contents
PREFACE
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION. FIRST GLIMPSES OF JAPAN. GRAVE LANDS OF CHINA. TO HONGKONG AND CANTON. UP THE SI-KIANG, WEST RIVER. EXTENT OF CANALIZATION AND SURFACE FITTING OF FIELDS. SOME CUSTOMS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE. THE FUEL PROBLEM, BUILDING AND TEXTILE MATERIALS. TRAMPS AFIELD. THE UTILIZATION OF WASTE. IN THE SHANTUNG PROVINCE. ORIENTALS CROWD BOTH TIME AND SPACE. RICE CULTURE IN THE ORIENT. SILK CULTURE. THE TEA INDUSTRY. ABOUT TIENTSIN. MANCHURIA AND KOREA. RETURN TO JAPAN. INTRODUCTION
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FIRST GLIMPSES OF JAPAN
II
GRAVE LANDS OF CHINA
III
TO HONGKONG AND CANTON
IV
UP THE SI-KIANG, WEST RIVER
V
EXTENT OF CANALIZATION AND SURFACE FITTING OF FIELDS
VI
SOME CUSTOMS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE
VII
THE FUEL PROBLEM, BUILDING AND TEXTILE MATERIALS
VIII
TRAMPS AFIELD
IX
THE UTILIZATION OF WASTE
X
IN THE SHANTUNG PROVINCE
XI
ORIENTALS CROWD BOTH TIME AND SPACE
XII
RICE CULTURE IN THE ORIENT
XIII
SILK CULTURE
XIV
THE TEA INDUSTRY
XV
ABOUT TIENTSIN
XVI
MANCHURIA AND KOREA
XVII
RETURN TO JAPAN
FERTILIZATION FOR PADDY RICE
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F. H. King
Published by Good Press, 2022
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A low estimate of China's production of raw silk would be 120,000,000 pounds annually, and this with the output of Japan, Korea and a small area of southern Manchuria, would probably exceed 150,000,000 pounds annually, representing a total value of perhaps $700,000,000, quite equaling in value the wheat crop of the United States, but produced on less than one-eighth the area of our wheat fields.
The cultivation of tea in China and Japan is another of the great industries of these nations, taking rank with that of sericulture if not above it in the important part it plays in the welfare of the people. There is little reason to doubt that this industry has its foundation in the need of something to render boiled water palatable for drinking purposes. The drinking of boiled water is universally adopted in these countries as an individually available and thoroughly efficient safeguard against that class of deadly disease germs which thus far it has been impossible to exclude from the drinking water of any densely peopled country.
