Among other major crops are corn, peanuts, and soybeans. Crops grown on plantations include cacao, cloves, coconuts, rubber, and tea. The main farm animals are buffaloes, cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep. Industry is growing steadily. There are steel plants, cement works, and an aircraft factory.
Textiles are also a major manufactured product.
History Archaeologists have found fossil remains of a prehistoric human being on Java, which are called the Java fossils. This fertile land supported large areas of dense population in inland Java. The Javanese were able to produce so much food that, when they had fed all the farmers and their families, there was still a surplus to support court retainers, priests, and soldiers. As a result, large land-based kingdoms came into being. Java's position near the main sea routes from India to the Spice Islands and China made it open to influence from other countries and cultures.