This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII AGRICULTURE OF THREE ANCIENT NATIONS THE attention and effort which have for centuries been devoted to the maintenance of soil fertility in China, Korea and Japan are probably greater than in any other part of the world, and the efficiency of these efforts is measured by the dense ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII AGRICULTURE OF THREE ANCIENT NATIONS THE attention and effort which have for centuries been devoted to the maintenance of soil fertility in China, Korea and Japan are probably greater than in any other part of the world, and the efficiency of these efforts is measured by the dense populations these countries have maintained and are still maintaining largely from the products of their soil. Probably nothing can give a safer measure of the maintenance capacity of the farms and farmers of a nation than the number of people they feed per unit area of cultivated field, and it is doubtful if there is a better place to study this problem than in China and Japan at the present time. We were most of all interested in methods of tillage, of fertilization, and crop rotation. We wanted to learn by seeing how it is today possible, after 20, 30 and perhaps 40 centuries, for their farmers to provide means of maintenance for such dense populations as now are living in these three countries. During the long maintenance of dense populations the people of these nations have grown into practices of economy and habits of industry the equal of which few people of western nations have attained or are likely to appreciate. While we may never adopt the details of any of the methods of these people, it is worth our while to study carefully some of those they have practiced so long and found eminently satisfactory under their conditions, because of the fundamental principles involved, and because they may suggest modifications of some of our practices or adaptations of theirs which may be helpful to us. One of the most fundamental differences between our cultural methods and practices and those of the Far East is found in the fact that there, as nearly...
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