. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. LANK TBA0T8, JAPAN. L5 which it was practically impossible to secure. This was precisely the situation of the lands belonging to the yeomanrj of England until about the commencement of the Nineteenth century. Three years sincea law was passed by the Japanese Parliament that if two-thirds of the owners of a tract of land agreed to reform the boundaries the minority must concur. Still the farmers of Japan were conservative, an<l only two or three provinces have made any considerable prog The accompanying diagrams promt a striking example of the l
. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. LANK TBA0T8, JAPAN. L5 which it was practically impossible to secure. This was precisely the situation of the lands belonging to the yeomanrj of England until about the commencement of the Nineteenth century. Three years sincea law was passed by the Japanese Parliament that if two-thirds of the owners of a tract of land agreed to reform the boundaries the minority must concur. Still the farmers of Japan were conservative, an<l only two or three provinces have made any considerable prog The accompanying diagrams promt a striking example of the land situation and the reform accomplished in one Fig. 1.—Tract of land at Masuda, containing ir> acres, divided in r Belds. Fin. 2.—The same tract shown in ficr. 1. redivided Into 188 regular fields. V\ acre- for- merly had 109 irregular fields in it. (See fig. L.) There are now (see fig. -J) onl\ L38 regular Belds, with perfectly straight water courses and roads wide enough for two loaded cart-to pa--. Even. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering. Washington Govt. Print. Off
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