JAPAN 



The Japanese Department of Agriculture and Commerce is 

 spending 30,000 yen (about £3000) annually on the rearing of 

 sheep. This commenced in the financial year 1916-17. About 

 200 head of sheep have been purchased from England, and 

 others from Australia and New Zealand, and kept on the 

 pastures at Tsukisamushu, Hokkaido. 



Should these renewed experiments in sheep -raising in Japan 

 prove remunerative the authorities will take steps for the en- 

 couragement of this branch of agriculture among farmers. 

 The Japanese authorities are apparently convinced that sheep - 

 raising in Japan will turn out successful, but it should be re- 

 membered that much depends on the demand for mutton, 

 which is not an accepted article of food in Japan. 



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