Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . ich are raised everywhere in the Penin-sula play quite an important part in the rural economic life of the bull, being of hardy constitution and massive in build, can stand hardlabour and so is extensively used for ploughing as well as for transportationpurposes, while the cow, though of very little use as a milch cow, funiishes good. lxK;f. \arious means have been resorted to by the authorities to help developcattle breeding for which the country offers many advantages. Experimentson different kinds, both domestic and foreign, have been made at the
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . ich are raised everywhere in the Penin-sula play quite an important part in the rural economic life of the bull, being of hardy constitution and massive in build, can stand hardlabour and so is extensively used for ploughing as well as for transportationpurposes, while the cow, though of very little use as a milch cow, funiishes good. lxK;f. \arious means have been resorted to by the authorities to help developcattle breeding for which the country offers many advantages. Experimentson different kinds, both domestic and foreign, have been made at the modelfarms, l)ut, after all, it has lx«n found that the native species, esixKrially that 89 ill the nor 111, .irc Llic wide contrast withthe sujKriority of cattlethe native horse is ex-ceedingly small and poor,averagings only threefeet and a half in Government is no\vtrying to make a newvariety adapted to theclimatic conditions andnatural features ofChosen by cross breedingbetween Mongolianmares and Japanese. 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 industry.
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