Abstract
THE agricultural methods of China have long Texcited the interest and curiosity of Western experts, partly because they are highly intensive and partly because of the element of mystery still surrounding all things Chinese. On western methods, 2-214 acres of land are required for the maintenance of each person; but there are great areas in China where two acres of land support no less than five people, to say nothing of a donkey and other animals. The comparison is striking, even allowing for the great difference between eastern and western ideas of maintenance.
Die chineaische Landwirtschaft.
Von Dr. Wilhelm Wagner. Pp. xv + 668. (Berlin: Paul Parey, 1926.) 42 gold marks.
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RUSSELL, E. Die chineaische Landwirtschaft . Nature 119, 698–700 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119698a0
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