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WASTE IX FARMING METHODS.— Although 

 China is probably the richest agricultural 

 region on the globe, and is capable of producing 

 millions of dollars' worth of crops m excess of its 

 needs, it is a sad fact that, through wasteful 

 methods and lack of improved implements, the 

 yield of crops 4s totally inadequate to supply the 

 demand, and the majority of Chinamen living m 

 the heart of the finest farming region on earth are 

 forced to subsist almost entirely on a diet ot rice. 



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The same lack of progress is also to be found 

 in many other countries with splendid natural 

 advantages for agriculture. For instance, m many 

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 fields with a crooked stick for a plough. 



While America produces crops far in excess ot 

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 time and labor-saving implements. In fact many 

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This principle, which is true as to nations, is 

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remain long unknown, and he was soon construct- 

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Samuel L. Allen did not stop with the perfection 

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