. Bulletin. Agriculture. LAND TRACTS, JAPAN. 15 which it was pmotic-ally impossible to socuro. This was prooiscly the situation of the hinds bek)no-in«- to tho yeomanry of Enjihind until about the connnencement of tho Nineteenth century. Three years since a hiw was passed by the Japanese Parliament that if two-thirds of the owners of a tract of land agreed to reform the l)oundaries the minority must concur. Still the farmers of Japan were conservative, and only two or three provinces have made any considerable progress. The accompanying diagrams i)resent a striking example of the land situatio
. Bulletin. Agriculture. LAND TRACTS, JAPAN. 15 which it was pmotic-ally impossible to socuro. This was prooiscly the situation of the hinds bek)no-in«- to tho yeomanry of Enjihind until about the connnencement of tho Nineteenth century. Three years since a hiw was passed by the Japanese Parliament that if two-thirds of the owners of a tract of land agreed to reform the l)oundaries the minority must concur. Still the farmers of Japan were conservative, and only two or three provinces have made any considerable progress. The accompanying diagrams i)resent a striking example of the land situation and the reform accomplished in one Fig. 1.—Tract of land at Masuda, containing 25 acres, divided into 409 irregular fields. Fig. 2.—The same tract shown in fig. 1, redivided into 138 regular fields. Fig. 1 is a plat of a tract of land at Masuda village, near Sendai, and shows the little fields as they have been for ages. Fig. 2 is of the same tract readjusted under the reform movement. Mr. J. H. De Forest, of Sendai, who furnished the maps from which these illustrations were made, states that this tract as platted contains only 25 acres and for- merly had 409 irregular fields in it. (See fig. 1.) There are now (see tig. 2) only 138 regular fields, with perfectly straight water courses and roads wide enough for two loaded carts to pass. 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. Washington : G. P. O.
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