Outlines of agriculture in Japan

Tür:

Kitap

Yayın yılı:

1914

Yayıncı:

Agricultural Bureau, Dept. of Agriculture and Commerce

Indeed, the Japanese Agriculture has a very remote origin.Historically considered, the Emperors, generation after generation, directed their attention to the encouragement of this noble industry ; consequently, in the earliest times, it already accomplished a phenomenal develop- ment, of which the people were so proud that ithey ^used to call their land *' Mizuaono Kuni (literally translated : the " Land of Luxurious Rice Crops ").Such having the case, it is no wonder that agriculture, in any age of past, formed the basis of the national resources.Although the width of our Island Empire is limited, the length is very large and reaches as much as 3,(XX) miles; therefore, her extremities touch two zones, the temperate and the torrid.Moreover, the soil being very fertile and climatical changes moderate, there are found numerous varieties of plants growing luxuriantly and the crops are, in the greater portion of the land, raised twice a year.In this respect.Japan may well be called a country most con- genial with farming.Thus, in spite of the limitedness of the area of her arable land, it brings forth so enormous an amount of produce, that caters to the people not only with abundant food-stuf?, but also with abundant manufacturing material of industry.Consequently, the tendency that the tillers of land give up their callings for other walks of life, owing to the develop- ment of commerce a id industry and, also, emigration and colonization.Although the Agricultural population …

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