Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . Fig. 2. - Method of drying seaweed used for food. The small black squares on thelarger light ones are the seaweed. Skewers pin the squares of matting againstthe long screens, six of which are shown in parallel Fio. 3. - Section of shallow sea bottom planted with on which the edibleseaweeds attach themselves and grow. 32 FIRST GLIMPSES OF JAPAN and not far distant from the seashore, there were to be seen inFebruary very many long, fence-high screens built of rice straw,closely tied together and
Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . Fig. 2. - Method of drying seaweed used for food. The small black squares on thelarger light ones are the seaweed. Skewers pin the squares of matting againstthe long screens, six of which are shown in parallel Fio. 3. - Section of shallow sea bottom planted with on which the edibleseaweeds attach themselves and grow. 32 FIRST GLIMPSES OF JAPAN and not far distant from the seashore, there were to be seen inFebruary very many long, fence-high screens built of rice straw,closely tied together and supported on bamboo poles carried uponposts of wood set in the ground. They extended east and west,and were strongly inclined towards the north. These screens, setin parallel series of five to ten or more in number and severalhimdred feet long, were used for the purpose of drying varieties ofdelicate seaweed, spread out in the manner shown in Fig. 2. The seaweed is first spread upon separate 10 by 12 inch strawmats, forming a thin layer 7 by 8 inches. These mats are held bymeans of wooden skewers forced through the body of the screen,exposing the seaweed to the direct sunshine. When dry therectangles of seaweed are piled in bundles an inch thick, cut intwo, so as to form packages 4 by 7 inc
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