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TRANSPLANTING RICE IN CHINA 



Four views taken from the same point at intervals of 15 minutes, showing the progress 

 Tnade during 45 minutes. 



The seven men in this group would thus set two and a third acres per day and, at the 

 wage Mrs. Wu was paying, the cash outlay, if the help was hired, would be nearly 21 cents 

 per acre. This is more cheaply than we are able to set cabbage and tobacco plants with our 

 Ijest machine methods. In Japan the women participate in the work of setting the plants 

 Tnore than in China. 



After the rice has been transplanted its care, unlike that of our wheat crop, does not 

 cease. It must be hoed, fertilized, and watered. To facilitate the watering all fields have 

 been leveled, canals, ditches, and drains provided, and, to aid in fertilizing and hoeing, the 

 ^setting has been in rows and in hills in the row. 



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