Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . Fici. - Providing placoR for sillcworiiia to fipin their cocoons. there good spring yields of nudberry leaves an^ at the rate of 400kan, the second cro]) 150 kau, and the third crop 250 kan pertiin, making a total yield of over 13 tons of green leaves per , however, §eems to be nuiterially higher than the averagefor the Empire. In Fig. ]()7 is a near view of a mulberry orchard in Chekiangprovince, which had been very lieavily fertilized with canalnmd, and which was at the stage for cutting th(>
Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . Fici. - Providing placoR for sillcworiiia to fipin their cocoons. there good spring yields of nudberry leaves an^ at the rate of 400kan, the second cro]) 150 kau, and the third crop 250 kan pertiin, making a total yield of over 13 tons of green leaves per , however, §eems to be nuiterially higher than the averagefor the Empire. In Fig. ]()7 is a near view of a mulberry orchard in Chekiangprovince, which had been very lieavily fertilized with canalnmd, and which was at the stage for cutting th(> leaves to feed thefirst crop of silkworms. A bundle of cut limbs is in the crotch ofthe front tree in the view. Those who raise mulberry leaves arenot usually tlie feeders of tlie silkworms, ajid tli(> leaves from this A M n L I. K K \l Y OK ( II A K D 277. Kiu. Hid. 8i-l( IK) I III hIiii|>ii ontliiLrd w<r*V 100 poiiiids. Tlw KiiiMc price wJiH hciiij. paiil ii, wccl, |;i,|,crin viciiiily »»l Njiiildri}^, Ki!uif/;Hii province. Ilic tniilliciry IrccH, im lli<y ;ipp<Jir hcloic comitiM; into Icjif in
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