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CHAPTER IX. 



JAPANESE HUSBANDRY A MODEL FOR INDIAN FARMING, 



Extracts from the Report to the Minister of Agriculture at Berlin 

 on Japanese Husbandry ; ly Dr. Moran, Member of the Prus- 

 sian East Asiatic Expedition. 



The climate of Japan. Cotton and*" rice, buck -wheat and 

 barley. The soil of Japan ; its fruitfulness the artificial 

 product of proper cultivation. Advantages of soil and 

 climate turned to good account by an industrious people. 

 Agricultural questions yet unsolved in Europe have long 

 been settled in Japan. 



The Japanese axiom of agriculture : " Without continuous 

 manuring, no continuous harvest." Kind of manure, and 

 mode of collecting and storing it. Way of using it. 

 Japanese compost-manure. Manuring with every crop. 

 " Fallow" not known in Japan. Export of farm produce 

 and import of manure. The Japanese lives truly on the 

 interest of the capital of the soil. Tillage. Deep cultiva- 

 tion. Drill-cultivation brought to perfection in Japan 157 



