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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 ; BY DR. MORAN, MEMBER OF 

 THE PRUSSIAN 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. 



SOIL AND MANURING. 



THE Japanese Empire extends from the 30th to 

 the 45th degree of north latitude. The average 

 temperature and distribution of heat constitute a 

 climate embracing all the gradations between those 

 of Central Germany and of Upper Italy. A solitary 

 tropical palm, not fully developed, grows beside 

 the northern pine, rice and cotton with buck-wheat 

 and barley. Everywhere on the chains of hills, 



