8 CONTENTS. 



India— Continued. p 



Live stock and farm implements 33 



Wells 33 



Rice produced 34 



Agriculture in the Punjab 34 



Cost of living 35 



Rice farming in Lower Burma 35 



Rice milling 35 



Rice for foreign markets 35 



Selection of seeds 37 



China 37 



Agricultural conditions 37 



Tillage of the soil _ 3g 



Irrigation 39 



Cultivating, harvesting, and thrashing rice 39 



Hulling rice 39 



Production and cost of milling rice 40 



Cost of building, etc .• 49 



Exportation of agricultural products 40 



The Philippine Islands 40 



Rainf al 1 4][ 



Temperature 4X 



Range of products 42 



Stock and pasture lands 42 



Fodder plants 42 



Sugar cane 42 



Rice farming 43 



Fruits 43 



Timber 43 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



Plate I. Fig. L — Rice mill among the mountains, Japan. Fig. 2. — Planting 



rice, Japan 44 



II. Fig. 1.— Cleaning rice, Japan. Fig. 2.— Pounding rice, Japan 44 



III. Fig. 1.— Tamil girls picking tea, Ceylon. Fig. 2.— Carts with bam- 



boo covers, Ceylon 44 



IV. Fig. 1.— Plowing in India. Fig. 2.— English plow and Indian plow. 44 

 V. Fig. 1. — Wooden scrapers used in preparing for irrigation, India 



Fig. 2. — Well used for irrigation, India 44 



VI. Fig.' 1.— Washing rice, China. Fig. 2.— Sugar boiling house, Luzon. 44 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Fig. 1. Tract of land at Masuda, Japan, showing 409 irregular fields 15 



2. The same land divided into 138 regular fields 15 



