Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . extendingfrom more than a thousand years before the Christian era. The storage of such waste in China is largely in stonewarereceptacles, such as are seen in Fig. 93, which are liard-burned,glazed terra-cotta urns, having capacities ranging from 500 to1,000 pounds. Japan more often uses sheltered cement-lined pitssuch as are seen in Fig. 94. In the three countries the carrying to the fields is most oftenin some form of pail, as seen in Fi^;. 95, a pair of which are borne 176 THE UTILIZATION OF WASTE swinging from
Farmers of forty centuries; or, Permanent agriculture in China, Korea and Japan . extendingfrom more than a thousand years before the Christian era. The storage of such waste in China is largely in stonewarereceptacles, such as are seen in Fig. 93, which are liard-burned,glazed terra-cotta urns, having capacities ranging from 500 to1,000 pounds. Japan more often uses sheltered cement-lined pitssuch as are seen in Fig. 94. In the three countries the carrying to the fields is most oftenin some form of pail, as seen in Fi^;. 95, a pair of which are borne 176 THE UTILIZATION OF WASTE swinging from the carrying pole. In applying the liquid to thefield or garden the long-handled dipper is used, seen in Fig. are begimiing to husband with some economy the wastefrom our domestic animals, but in this we do not approach thatof China, Korea and Japan. People in China regularly searchfor and collect droppings along the country and caravan , when walking through city streets, we observed suchmaterials quickly and apparently eagerly gathered, to be carefully. Fio. 93. - Receptacles for humun wusto. stored under conditions which ensure small loss from either leach-ing or unfavourable fermentation. In some mulberry orchards theearth had been carefully hoed back about the trunks of trees toa depth of 3 or 4 inches from a circle having a diameter of 6 to 8feet, and upon these areas were placed the droppings of silkworms,the moulted skins, together with the bits of leaves and stem leftafter feeding. Some disposition of such waste must be return at once to the orchard all but the silk produced fromthe leaves; unnecessary loss is thus avoided and the materialenters at once the service of forcing the next crop of leaves. CHINESE SAVING 177 -fl» .^.^t. .p^^^amj^K Mtt
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