Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-01-06
A GLIMPSE or JAPAN.
ITs AGRICULTURAL nHsouRcxa
AND INDUSTRIES.
The Fishing Grounds Home Of the
M'k"do--- Not - Flour MiIl Ia tho
Entire Empire

st'k"do--- Not Flour Mil fn the
Entire Empire.
There are very few readers. says m.
ft'r,ean dha'ysf. who have either The
Time, INCLINATION or opportunity Of atudy.
ing tho manners aud customs ~ the
japanese. and equally few who conceiso
That OF the 100, 600 sqaarc miles, or let
VA say 100, 900, 600 acres covered bs their
fcinarkablc empire. only some ~. .nuu. 600
icfrS are actually under any kind ~ c,ll
tivAtion. Yet, from this small space.
these industrious aud thrifty pcoplc
who wear no wooIcns aud eat neither
beef, mutton. pork. milk, butter. nor
cheese so--manage TO obtain, not only ali
the nutritlvo aud textile piants that pro-
vide them with food aud clothes. bui an
annual snrplus ~ 90, 900. 600, 900 pounds
u tea, $1,000. 900 balcs of nilk and onor.
nous quantities. of rice, fobacee and
hemp for expectation to their foreign
nclghbors.
OF the population Of -, 600, ooo, mp,e
than half arc ngriculturists 4, 800. 600
being landlords owning and tiiiing mn
avcfngc OF z acres. The soi l. generally
a black, vegetable mold. with occasional
patches Of sandy aud clay loans, aud ~
/ it never freezes on the lower levels.
Il made 10 bear both winter aud summer
crops the same year. Considering tho
hnincnse arrests unoccupIcd for tiIlaQc,
nd 80 admirably adapted Tor grazing
the Japanese possess a relatively smaller
number ~ domestic animals than any
other nalion, they have, therefore, no
iafm.yard fertilizers 60 assist them IN
maintaining the soils fecnndity
To the farmers ol our own beautiful
country this must ecom anomalous, fof
there u very iiftse doubt that with n,sr
prevailing notions our agricultural opcf
nti0ns would, under similar conditions,
soon be brought 10 q deadlock, lit
with the Japanese the matter u Al
together difiofcDts they manage per.
fcctiy we'll without this rc40urcc and
with no precise knowledge 0f either
botany or chemistry, sucreed. ~ their
intensive system. Ia raising crops dec
times heavier than ours Ono 81 thor
chief manurial agents is scaweed, which
Is thrown mp by the tides along their
1000 miles of coast ~ great BANS, col
lected when the tide reccdss. piled M
aud allowed TO dccompose. When rcasig
for use Il j. carried up 10 the fo0t hills
Ia boats, aud thence by long lines 81
I paek.horses 70 the fields
II Il not at all an unusual thing g.
meet 10 the course Of half = days travel.
some 1000 or 800 horses or cattle
/ loaded with this material. aud as the
same animals bring down the farm pro-
| dtice 10 tic sea, river OF canal. the rost
of carriage i very small
The fishing grounds 0f japan af<
probably more extensive in proportion tf,
its size than those 0f my other country.
I and a. during certain parts of the year
the water ewarms with fish that are use
less for food large fleets 81 boats aBd
junks arc employed in catching them fof
manufIai purposes.
The untitled and uDgraded Iands on
/ the plains, hills and mountain sides, nfe
covered with a Wild and rank veaeta-
tioD, which ~ constantly cut down b.
men, womnn aud children. and carried
/ upon their backs OF On the lacks Dl
cows, to the farm h0nses. whefr, be aa
burned in great heaps. together with al
the cafs and straw ~ The rice, rye, onfa.
wheat. baricy and niilct, the ashes sFs
/ plowed into the ground Inc xhsusiii5Ee
deposits Of shells. limestone and gyleuu,
are also worked, burned, and emplofesi
In the same way.
AZ Kipto, the old capisai and h1me of
the MikadOs. the cOHqgefing faces hare
titled tho soil Tor 900 yeifs and u -
affirmed by many travellers ~ undoal,tsd
authority, that their aveFsge summer
crops n rice, amount after huiiia0. 10
20 bushels. and that tieir ~iateF cTpp
~ wheat, grown 10 fhe same ground.
ncFer yields less than - bushess PR
j acre Eyery farmer = alive - the aeres.
siiy ~ putting back into the soil after
each crop. al the fiene1fs II fertility
i rf4trft Naa g.. - a.r.t
spares no effort IN order 81 aecoalpiisii
I that end. what asaluisry Issson = esin-
fained in that briefly stated facft How
we'll opr own a9Iifuisarisss might ps0at
By laying Il 70 heart
The staple crop - The country Is rees
fully half the land teiBe Devoted ~ les
iwo varieties, louland sed sp,asd s.oe-
land rice j. gr0wa ~ valleys. where mi
CATION is practicable. snd where. -
facilitate the flooding - The plains.
the laad is subdirifcd infG F1xll
lsisis aEd iessid % or ern
banked n ofsifr ihat thsss piafs nlsg
ie level, 10 d customary. 10 sloFlog dn.
ffiets 60 nuke fi8 nbanke1 D.
divisions fcfy .niaii eeaeTally alsont ihs
size ~ ~ osd'Lsry foeoi. but fg'.i1fo
larger than a. Ascfaee tited 1astse.
HiFe. hnucyef beiaw f0nsfrs q 1i psHs
starch. uonid oos ~ itself faf6fe fes
li,.is s4Egast ard thrT tes-!eeefis sle-
vote their winter euifissIisn to ukrss
isriry aud re which sre either hfliet
iaiiet e1d esfsn Hke gscf. 81 fauna
snl MIXED With hrr snfefstlf 81 ana'
m1ie info eskst The pfop'e have 81
know e1ze ~ ~ anrl is thels rFrs ~
for shat We eaii tfeld sa.l ie asiit =
tethfir uttsf iErefeaeg 81 iereseeisii9e.
a. nos pos.ess single aonr n,ii ln ftsi.
cai Ciup.re Thr 1rini ihsf sfisn iu
susii htnd mills. tire exact coueiefg.a,,
20 those That are piesi Fesi On tie tanilla
and temples ~ IT, Eaf9s 'aas. naI bal'
it ~ ahakiax ibc four lhrouzh setc a
siefes ~ screens covered eiih resioe
cloth