Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . rica. The dormitorysystem was in vogue in the college, providing room and board at8 yen per month, or $4 of currency. Eight students wereassigned to one commodious room, each provided with a studytable, but beds were mattresses spread upon the matting floorat night and compactly stored on closet sh<dves during the day. The Japanese plough, which is very similar to the Koreantype, may be seen in Fig. 193, the one on the right costing 2-5yen and the other 2 yen. With the aid of the single handle andthe slid
Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . rica. The dormitorysystem was in vogue in the college, providing room and board at8 yen per month, or $4 of currency. Eight students wereassigned to one commodious room, each provided with a studytable, but beds were mattresses spread upon the matting floorat night and compactly stored on closet sh<dves during the day. The Japanese plough, which is very similar to the Koreantype, may be seen in Fig. 193, the one on the right costing 2-5yen and the other 2 yen. With the aid of the single handle andthe sliding rod held in the right hand, the course of the ploughis directed and the plough tilted in either direction, throwing thesoil to the right or the left. The nursery beds for rice breeding experiments and varietytests by this station are shown in Fig. 194. Although these plotswere fl(joded, the marginal plants, adjacent to the free waterpaths, were materially larger than those within and had a muchdeeper green colour, showing better feeding, but what seemed 334 RETURN TO JAPAN. JAPANESE PLOUGHS 335 most strange was the fact that these stronger plants are neverused in transplanting, as they do not thrive as well as those lessvigorous.
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