Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . ere built in cubical form with flat top and carefully plasteredwith a layer of earth mortar which sometimes cracked on drying,as seen in the illustration. The purpose of this careful shaping andplastering we did not learn, although our interpreter stated it wasto prevent the compost from being appropriated for use on adja-cent fields. Such a finish would have the effect of a seal, showingif the pile had been disturbed, but we suspect other advantages 21G IN THE SHANTUNG PROVINCE are sought by the treatment which
Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . ere built in cubical form with flat top and carefully plasteredwith a layer of earth mortar which sometimes cracked on drying,as seen in the illustration. The purpose of this careful shaping andplastering we did not learn, although our interpreter stated it wasto prevent the compost from being appropriated for use on adja-cent fields. Such a finish would have the effect of a seal, showingif the pile had been disturbed, but we suspect other advantages 21G IN THE SHANTUNG PROVINCE are sought by the treatment which involves so large an amountof labour. Tlic amount of this earth compost pr(pared and usod annuallyin Shantung is largo, as indicated by the cases cited, where morethan 5,000 pounds, in one instance, and 7,000 pounds in another,were applied per acre for one crop. When two or more crops aregrown the same year on the same groimd, each is fertilized, hencefrom 3 to 6 or more tons may be applied to each cultivated methods of preparing compost and of fertilizing in Kiangsu,. Flo. no. CurcfiiUy plasteroil carlli (oiii|i,ini ., .Sliaiiluiig. .1 III lllr [ ing dis- Chokiang and Kwangtung })roviiuH\s huxe hvm described. In thispart of Shantung, in Chihli and north in Manchuria as far asMukden, the methods are materially different and if possible evenmore laborious, but clearly rational and effective. Here nearlyall if not all fertilizer compost is ])re])ared in the villages andcarried to the fields, however distant these may be. Rev. T. J. League very kindly accompanied us to Chengyangon the railway, from which we walked some 2 miles back to aprosperous rural village to see their methods of preparing thiscompost fertilizer. It was toward the close of the afternoon beforewe reached the village, and from all directions husbandmen were NATIONAL RESOURCES 217 returning from the fields, some with hoes, some with ploughs,some with drills over their shoulders and othe
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