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Table 56. — Number of live stock in Japan. 

 [Source: Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Japan.] 



Date. 



Cattle. 



Swine. 



Sheep. 



Goats. 



Horses. 



Dec. 31— 

 1910 



1, 384, 000 

 1, 405, 000 

 1, 399, 000 

 1, 389, 000 

 1, 387, 000 

 1, 38S, 000 

 1, 343, 000 

 1, 304, 000 

 1, 307, 000 



279, 000 

 299, 000 



309, 000 



310, 000 



332, 000 



333, 000 

 328, 000 

 360, 000 

 398, 000 



4,000 

 3,000 

 3,000 

 3,000 

 3,000 

 3,000 

 3,000 

 3,000 

 5,000 



92, 000 

 100, 000 

 101, 000 

 89, 000 

 95, 000 

 97, 000 

 109, 000 

 110, 000 

 92, 000 



1, 565, 000 



1911 



1, 576, 000 



1912 .'. ., 



1, 582, 000 



1913 



1, 5S2, 000 



1914 . 



1, 579, 000 



1915 



1, 580, 000 



1916 



1, 572, 000 



1917 



1, 560, 000 



1918 



1, 511, 000 







Table 57. — Net imports or net exports of leading farm products for Japan. 

 [Source: Annual Return of the Foreign Trade of the Empire of Japan.] 





Net imports. 



Year. 



Rice. 



WheaU 



Cotton, 

 unmanu- 

 factured. 2 



Sugar. 



Tobacco. 



Wool. 



1911 



1,000 lbs. 

 526, 893 

 701, 987 



1, 170, 957 



620, 040 



2,155 



3 67, 888 



3 9, 263 



1,491,312 



1, 527, 648 



1,000 bush. 

 2,063 

 3,114 

 7,129 

 4,893 

 160 

 3 271 

 3 4, 644 



11, 541 



1,000 bales. 

 1,125 

 1,655 

 1,821 

 1,705 

 2,015 

 2,299 

 1,947 

 1,886 

 2,190 



1,000 lbs. 



73, 382 



' 182, 870 



501, 728 



267, 737 



121, 708 



16, 016 



3 121, 706 



237, 528 



454, 616 



1,000 lbs. 



3 861 



2,225 



1,619 



3,022 



1,054 



3 1, 083 



3 9, 280 



3 323 



10, 738 



1,000 lbs. 

 8,323 



1912 



13, 451 



1913. 



11, 741 



1914 



12, 736 



1915 



52, 771 



1916 



40, 758 



1917 



47, 305 



1918 



49, 590 



1919 









Note.— The figures in this table are the differences between imports and exports. The year covered is 

 the calendar year. 



1 Including flour, in terms of grain. 



2 Bales of 478 pounds, net weight; equivalent to 500 pounds, gross weight. 



3 Net exports. 



Table 58. — Crops of Korea (Chosen) . 



[Source: Statistical Report of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Japan. These statistics are 



available as early as 1909.] 





Barley. 



Barley (naked). 



Corn. 



Millet. 



Year. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 

 1917 



1,000 

 acres. 

 875 

 945 

 1,044 

 1,107 

 1,182 

 1,233 

 1,322 



Bush. 

 23.5 

 23.2 

 25.7 

 21.4 

 22.4 

 19.9 

 19.7 



1,000 

 bush. 



20, 554 



21, 926 

 26, 792 



23, 708 

 26, 527 



24, 577 



25, 989 



1,000 

 acres. 

 51 

 70 

 74 

 76 

 79 

 81 

 87 



Bush. 

 16.9 

 15.2 

 17.5 

 14.8 

 16.3 

 13.2 

 16.5 



1,000 bush. 

 858 

 1,065 

 1,301 

 1,124 

 1, 2S7 

 1,076 

 1,430 



1,000 

 acres. 

 139 

 133 

 133 

 144 

 148 

 152 

 173 



Bush. 

 11.5 

 13.6 

 15.1 

 14.1 

 13.6 

 15.4 

 13.3 



1,000 

 bush. 

 1, 603 

 1,802 

 2,012 

 2,032 

 2,020 

 2,344 

 2,308 



1,000 

 acres. 

 1,461 

 1,371 

 1,522 

 1,556 

 1,616 

 1,641 

 1, 746 



Bush. 

 15.3 

 17.1 

 17.2 

 14.7 

 15.3 

 16.2 

 15.9 



1,000 

 bush. 



22, 374 



23, 419 

 26, 221 

 22, 794 



24, 709 



26, 585 



27, 759 



Year. 



Oats. 



Rice (hulled). 





Wheat. 



Beans 



(small 



1,000 





1,000 



1,000 





acres. 



Bush. 



bush. 



acres. 



Bush. 



377 



13.2 



4,967 



411 



8.8 



410 



13.6 



5,577 



406 



10.5 



465 



14.0 



6,506 



418 



9.6 



474 



12.3 



5,848 



437 



8.9 



499 



12.3 



6,146 



448 



8.6 



520 



12.3 



6,387 



447 



9.2 



560 



11.7 



6,540 



458 



9.2 



red). 





1,000 





acres. 



1911 



Ill 



1912 



104 



1913 



125 



1914 



129 



1915 



155 



1916 



170 



1917 



171 



Bush. 

 13.9 

 12.9 

 18.7 

 17.7 

 17.3 

 16.9 

 15.5 



1,000 

 bush. 

 1,547 

 1,344 

 2,341 

 2,295 

 2,679 

 2,874 

 2,643 



1,000 

 acres. 

 2,359 

 2,406 

 2,564 

 2,645 

 2,764 

 2, 839 

 2,865 



Lbs. 

 1,328 

 1,173 

 1,237 

 1,444 

 1,293 

 1,387 

 1,341 



1,000 lbs. 

 3, 132, 982 



2, 821, 745 

 3, 170, 032 



3, 819, 843 

 3, 573, 193 

 3, 936, 685 

 3, 841, 182 



1,000 

 bush. 

 3,604 

 4,275 

 4,020 

 3,914 

 3,859 

 4,112 

 4,194 



