Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . ^. ^iiclii, ol lilt Niitioiial l)c|!;(ni(ni ol AjfriciiiiiiTc iiiwl Coiri-nierco, taking liisdiila Innn llicir records, informed nic that Japanproduced, in 1908, and api)lied to licr fields, 23,850,295 tons of. Fid. 151. - A|)i)lyiiig chuff to u rice Ucld an it fertilizer. 262 RICE CULTURE IN THE ORIENT human manure and 22,812,787 tons of compost; and that sheimported 753,074 tons of commercial fertilizers, 7,000 of whichwere phosphates in one form or another. In addition to these shemust have applie

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Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . ^. ^iiclii, ol lilt Niitioiial l)c|!;(ni(ni ol AjfriciiiiiiTc iiiwl Coiri-nierco, taking liisdiila Innn llicir records, informed nic that Japanproduced, in 1908, and api)lied to licr fields, 23,850,295 tons of. Fid. 151. - A|)i)lyiiig chuff to u rice Ucld an it fertilizer. 262 RICE CULTURE IN THE ORIENT human manure and 22,812,787 tons of compost; and that sheimported 753,074 tons of commercial fertilizers, 7,000 of whichwere phosphates in one form or another. In addition to these shemust have applied not less than 1,404,000 tons of fuel ashes and10,185,500 tons of green manure products, grown on her hill andweed lands, and all these were applied to less than 14,000,000acres of cultivated field. It should be emphasized that this is donebecause as yet she has found no better way of permanentlymaintaining a fertility capable of feeding her millions.

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