November, 1910.] 



409 



Edible Products. 



Second Year. 



P. 



Clearing 100 hectares of forest ...3,000 

 Cost of 12,000 coconut seeds ... 480 

 Lining, holing, and planting 100 



hectares ... ... ... 800 



Fencing 100 hectares ... ... 2,000 



Clearing underbrush from 100 



hectares, at P. 5 ... ... 500 



Manager's salary and subsistence... 4,600 

 Two native overseers, at P. 60 



per month ... ... ... 720 



Additional tools ... ... 200 



Depreciation in tools, animals, 



buildings, etc. ... ... 300 



Total 



.12,600 



Third Year. 

 Clearing 100 hectares of forest ... 3,000 

 Cost of 12,000 coconut seeds ... 480 

 Lining, holing and planting 100 



hectares ... ... ... 800 



Fencing 100 hectares ... ... 1,500 



Clearing underbrush from 200 



hectares ... ... ••• 1,000 



Manager's salary and subsistence... 4,600 

 Additional buildings and tools ... 300 

 Two native overseers ... ... 720 



Total ... ...12,700 



Fourth Yeai . 

 Clearing 100 hectares of forest ... 3,000 



Cost of 12,000 coconut seeds ... 480 



Lining, holing, and planting 100 



hectares ... ... ... 800 



Fencing 100 hectares ... ... 1,500 



Clearing underbrush from 300 



hectares ... ... ... 1,500 



Manager's salary and subsistance... 4,600 



Repairs and improvements ... 200 



Two native overseers ... ... 720 



Depreciation ... ... ... 360 



Total ... ...13,160 



Fifth Year. 

 Clearing 100 hectares of forest ... 3,000 

 Cost of 12,000 coconut seeds ... 480 

 Lining, holing and planting 100 



hectares ... ... ... 800 



Clearing underbrush from 400 



hectares ... 2,000 



Manager's salary aud subsistence... 4,600 

 Two native overseers ... ... 720 



Depreciation ... ... ... 360 



Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Years. 



Manager's salary and subsistence 

 at P. 4,600 ... ... 13,800 



Two native overseers ... 2,160 

 Clearing underbrush from 500 

 hectares ... ... ... 7,500 



Depreciation, 'improvements, etc.... 1,500 



Total 



Grand total. 



...24,960 

 P.9},110= 

 Rs.141,165 



Total 



...12,160 



REPORT ON RICE AND COTTON IN- 

 VESTIGATIONS IN CHINA 

 AND JAPAN. 



By F. G. Krauss, 



Agronomist, Hawaii Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Honolulu, Hawaii. 



(From the Haivaiian Forester and Agri- 

 culturist, Vol. VII., No. 5. May, 1910). 

 In the fall of 1909 the writer was 



authorized to undertake investigations 



in rice and cotton culture in China and 



Japan. 



Arriving at Yokohama, August 22nd, 

 I proceeded at once to Hongkong, via 

 Kobe, overland. The distance from 

 Tokyo to Kobe is about 375 miles by rail. 

 Some idea of the extent of Japan's 

 fertile rice areas was obtained on this 

 preliminary trip through the heart of 

 this Garden Kingdom. Mile after mile 

 of continuous paddy fields dominated 

 both sides of the railroad and extended 

 from mountain to sea like an immense 

 checker-board. 



The crops throughout this region were 

 either just coming into flower or 

 approaching maturity, becoming more 

 advanced as one proceeded south. With 

 the exception of occasional flooded areas 

 in the Osaka plain region, the crops were 

 on the whole very promising, the season 

 having been exceptionally favorable. 

 The trip up the Canton or Pearl River 

 from Hongkong to Canton becomes more 

 and more interesting as one approaches 

 the latter city. Emerging from the 

 picturesque hill country the river winds 

 its way through great stretches of low 

 lands, whose fertile deltas provided some 

 of the most productive rice fields to be 

 found anywhere. Here the river and 

 numerous canals are bordered by low 

 earth levees upon whose crest have been 

 planted miles of the famous litchi nut. 



This region, which includes Kwaug- 

 tung and Kwongsi provinces (from 

 whence most of the Chinese in Hawaii 



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