Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . Mongolian mares at theBranch Model Farm,Nankok (B!iV^J, KangwonProvince (jlfifstj- I57- Mongolian sheep at theBranch Model Farm,Seipo (JJtMJ). Kangwon Province ((Lfiiiii). -SSS^t^- #- stallions. The breed-ing of sheep andgoats has also beentried and has givena satisfactory Mongoliansheep has provedbest adapted toKorean climaticconditions, it beingable to withstandsevere cold. Cow-hides consti-tute one of the prin-cipal exports, theiramount lacing Yen1,267,000 in 1913,Yen 1,597,000 in 1914, Yen 3,538,000 in 1915, Yen 3,573,000 in 1910, and Yen 2,019,0
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . Mongolian mares at theBranch Model Farm,Nankok (B!iV^J, KangwonProvince (jlfifstj- I57- Mongolian sheep at theBranch Model Farm,Seipo (JJtMJ). Kangwon Province ((Lfiiiii). -SSS^t^- #- stallions. The breed-ing of sheep andgoats has also beentried and has givena satisfactory Mongoliansheep has provedbest adapted toKorean climaticconditions, it beingable to withstandsevere cold. Cow-hides consti-tute one of the prin-cipal exports, theiramount lacing Yen1,267,000 in 1913,Yen 1,597,000 in 1914, Yen 3,538,000 in 1915, Yen 3,573,000 in 1910, and Yen 2,019,000 in1917. The decrease in 1917 was by in domestic consumptionowing to the rise of the tanning 158. Cattle breeding at Ohuchi Farm, Pohang (iSlR).North Kyungsang Province (Sf^^fcit). 90 — IX. Forestry Notliiiig mis llic Iravdlcrs mind so dccjjly with Itvlin.^s ol dc-solatencssas the sight of the Korean, mountains, the very bones of which have iDcen expos-ed by forest iires anfl tlic indiscriminate felling of trees for many centuries ] the sylvan wealth of the IVninsula was once fairly large is shown by themanv traces still left. There are yet remnants of forests which s]Jcak of theirold glory. Iicture IT).) gives a view of such «-i forest. The tirst step taken bythe Government for afforestation was the creation ot model forests. Pictures160 and 161 are model forests near Seoul (iKfe£)- The next ste|)s were theestablishment of nursery gardens and of alforcstntion stations charged withthe afforestation of Stat^, distribution, of yoiuig trees, and investigationinto forestry in general. lurthcr, a iorcstry law was eiiacted with the cx])ress])urposc of encouraging
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