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AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES. 



Korea is strictly an agTicultuial country. The giaiiis raised, samples 

 of which were sent by Ensign Bernaclou, are: 



(1) Millet, Ki-tjam/, grown everywhere in Korea and used both as 

 food and to make a fermented drink. A larger variety of millet called 

 tjo is common and plentiful in mountainous districts and is a staple for 

 the poor. 



(2) Sorghum, ^ok-.sok (Holeus sorghum). The seeds of a species of 

 sorghum used by the poor. 



(3) Barley, pori, is grown in all })arts of the country. 



(4) Eye. 



(5) Rice, moip-ssal^ is a staple. The variety called tchap-ssal is used 

 in making cakes of dough of which the Koreans are fond; also, it is 

 fermented to make .sowi or wine like the Japanese Hald. The Koreans 

 find it not so good for the table as common rice, since it does not 

 readily become soft by boiling and does not expand so greatly. 



Wheat and oats are raised. 



Many vegetables are raised, chief among which are beans [pat) and 

 peas (koufi), the latter fed to horses, radishes, cucumbers, melons, tur- 

 uips, yams, cabbage and si^rout plants, etc. 



The fruits are cherries, raspberries, blackberries, ap})]es, peaches, 

 ])lums, \)ears, apricots, quinces, mulberries, persimmons, oranges, lemons, 

 l)omegranates, grapes, and dates. 



The principal nuts are chestnuts, walnuts, and the water nut called 

 in China Iin(/ {Trapa biconiis). 



Flowers are little cultivated, the Koreans not being proficient in 

 ornamental and recreative horticulture. 



There are laws compelling the planting and jtrotection of trees, such 

 as lacquer, mulberry, and pine trees. The country has been almost de- 

 forested. 



The domestic animals are the horse, cattle, swine, i)Oultry, dogs, and 

 rabbits. Sheep and goats are not found in Korea. 



The wnld animals are the tiger, leopard, deer, bear, fox, wild boar, 

 and a number of animals hunted tor the fur, such as the seal and rat- 

 like animals.* 



* See Grififis : Korea, p. 216. 

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