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accomplish is, that we have now to distribute the 

 manure, hitherto produced on our state, over a 

 somewhat more extended surface than formerly. 

 But when the Japanese husbandman breaks up a 

 plot of ground, he finds a virgin soil, the productive 

 power of which he has no intention of impairing. 

 He therefore, from the very outset, takes care to 

 establish a proper balance between crop and 

 manure, expenditure and income, maintaining thus 

 intact the productive power of the ground, which 

 is all that can reasonably be attempted by any 

 rational husbandman. 



