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Pien Mill Tu-tswan or 'Topular Manual of 
Agriculture,” is another valuable reference work. Dr. S. T. 
Dunn, Director of the Botanical Gardens at Hongkong, recom- 
mended “Chi Wu Ming, Wu Ke Jum” as the best botanical work; 
it is in three large volumes. The Reports of the Botanical and 
Forestry Department of Hongkong also contain valuable data 
on Chinese agriculture. 
I left Hongkong on September 9th for Tokyo and spent part 
of the 11th and 12th in the vicinity of Shanghai. Considerable 
cotton is grown there and the crop was just maturing. Harvest- 
ing had already begun. There, as elsewhere in China, the seed is 
sown broadcast in long, narrow beds. The plants are allowed to 
stand from six inches to a foot apart, and because of crowding, 
rarely branch. The slender, single stems seldom bear more than 
six bolls ; the bolls are small and the quality of the lint inferior, 
the length averaging about one-half inch. The yield of the cot- 
ton I saw in several localities could not exceed one hundred 
pounds of lint per acre, more often not more than that amount 
of seed cotton is obtained. But land and labor are cheap, so 
that a small profit remains for the grower even with these small 
yields. Inquiry as to the adaptability of American methods of 
cultivation in China invariably brought the reply that the methods 
they employed were best adapted to their conditions, although 
in the Chinese agricultural encyclopedia, referred to above, the 
methods we practice are strongly recommended. It was very 
apparent that no superior varieties could be obtained in that 
locality and there was nothing new to be learned as to cultural 
methods. Because of the recent floods on the Yangtse-kiang, 
and the poor showing made at Shanghai, it was considered not 
worth while to proceed to Hankow. 
In reaching Japan, I visited Kobe and Osaka and presented 
letters from the Japanese Consul-General in Honolulu, to the 
Mitsui Bussau Kaisha, a large importing and exporting house. 
The Kobe house handles a large part of the rice export trade, 
the trade with Hawaii forming an important item in their busi- 
ness. I obtained from them the information that practically all 
of the rice exported to Hawaii comes from Yamaguchi province, 
where I later visited. The Osaka branch handles largely cotton 
prroducts. Mr. K. Kanabata, the manager, looked over samples 
of our Chinese Upland and Triumph cotton, pronounced them 
exceptionally fine, and considered them of a higher grade than 
any they had yet seen. The following prices were quoted on 
cotton delivered at either Yokohama or Kobe: 
Chinese Upland, as per sample, 38 yen per picul, or about 14 
cents per pound. 
Triumph, as per sample, 42 yen per picul, or about 16 cents 
per pound. 
Their imported Texas Upland cotton with a staple seven- 
eighths to one inch long, approaches nearest to our cotton, and 
