﻿Smithsonian 
  Report. 
  1943.— 
  Walker 
  

  

  1. 
  Barren, 
  Eroding, 
  Partially 
  Terraced 
  Mountains 
  in 
  North 
  China. 
  

  

  Orchards 
  grow 
  on 
  the 
  terraces, 
  but 
  only 
  Yitei 
  incisa 
  shrubs, 
  small 
  wild 
  jujube 
  trees, 
  and 
  grasses 
  clothe 
  the 
  

   mountain 
  slopes. 
  Note 
  the 
  stone 
  walls 
  supporting 
  the 
  terraces. 
  (Photograph 
  by 
  P. 
  H. 
  Dorsett, 
  courtesy 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture.) 
  

  

  2. 
  A 
  Typical 
  Farm 
  Scene 
  in 
  Middle 
  China. 
  

  

  The 
  trees 
  mark 
  the 
  farm 
  houses 
  or 
  temples, 
  all 
  the 
  remaining 
  land 
  being 
  used 
  for 
  growing 
  rice, 
  

   graph 
  by 
  P. 
  H. 
  Dorsett, 
  courtesy 
  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture.) 
  

  

  (Photo- 
  

  

  