BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY OF CHINA 



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Harbin. In the district of Slmang-cheng-ting it is cultivated 

 on the La-lin-ho river valley. 



According to the reports of the Commercial agents o£ 

 the C. M. E. in 1914 702.(3 Chinese ch'in was under rice 

 cultivation in this district and 1,288 piculs of rice were 

 harvested. 



In Ashiho district the rice fields lie in the Ashiho river 

 valley. Small fields of mountain rice are found in the 

 district of Sansin, which is in 46° 20' N. L. 



In the district Fou-ui rice is cultivated in a small way. 

 We find rice fields in the neighbouring villages round Tao- 

 lai-chao, C. E. E. Station. 



In the district Ui-schou mountain rice grows on the 

 La-lin-ho river valley. In 1914 about 4,139 piculs of rice 

 were gathered here. 



In the district of Nun-gan which is on 44° 15' — 44° '46 r 

 N. L. rice is sown in the Yin-ma-ho' and I-tung-ho river 

 valleys. 



In the district of De-houi, the middle of which is oa 

 44° 50' N. L., rice grows on the banks of the rivers just 

 named. In 1913 this district produced about 58,500 piculs 

 of rice. 



In the district of Kirin, which is on 43° 1' to 44° N. L., 

 mountain rice is widely cultivated in the Sungari and 

 Yin-ma-ho river valleys, and in the district of Chang-chun 

 about 128,600 piculs of rice were harvested. 



It is difficult to say how much reliance can be placed 

 on these figures; other figures are given by Japanese and 

 Chinese in the official statistical reports of 1915. They give 

 1,350,239 bushels of mountain rice for Kirin province. 



In Helungkiang province mountain rice is found in the 

 district of Hu-lan in the Hu-lan-ho river valley, but the 

 northern limit of rice is Sui-hua-ting, which lies 46° 50' N. L. 



The Chinese Method of Tillage of the 

 Ground for the Mountain Rice. 



Mountain rice grows in Manchuria in various soils, but 

 only in places where the underground moisture is close to 

 the surface. 



