Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan

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FARMERS OF FORTY CENTURIES - OR - PERMANENT AGRICULTURE IN CHINA, KOREA AND JAPAN

PREFACE

PREFACE - INTRODUCTION - FIRST GLIMPSES OF JAPAN - GRAVE LANDS OF CHINA - TO HONGKONG AND CANTON - UP THE SI-KIANG, WEST RIVER - EXTENT OF CANALIZATION AND SURFACE FITTING OF FIELDS - SOME CUSTOMS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE - THE FUEL PROBLEM, BUILDING AND TEXTILE MATERIALS - TRAMPS AFIELD - THE UTILIZATION OF WASTE - IN THE SHANTUNG PROVINCE - ORIENTALS CROWD BOTH TIME AND SPACE - RICE CULTURE IN THE ORIENT - SILK CULTURE - THE TEA INDUSTRY - ABOUT TIENTSIN - MANCHURIA AND KOREA - RETURN TO JAPAN - INTRODUCTION

I. FIRST GLIMPSES OF JAPAN

II. GRAVE LANDS OF CHINA

III. TO HONGKONG AND CANTON

IV. UP THE SI-KIANG, WEST RIVER

V. EXTENT OF CANALIZATION AND SURFACE FITTING OF FIELDS

VI. SOME CUSTOMS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE