From a comparative study of the productivity of land and population density in various sections of the country, Professor Buck comes to a conclusion contrary to the opinion commonly held. He says:
may be stated, then, that in china' the more dense the population, the greater the production per man-equivalent. or per capita. A man enn auch etter off living ihe more densely populated areas Mnce he can produce more beau:
of the more favourable conditions of agriculture, He is therefore dubious of the ad-Vocacy of population migration into China's north-west, which has become popular these days, in view of the observed fact that the output of land already under cultivation there is Yow. He believes that much of the uncultivated land in China remains uncultivated because the soil is poor and. the topography unfavourable for cultivation. He thinks that it would be unwise to disturb he present system of individual farm family units, which have resulted from centuries of experience and experimental tion, and that improvements should be sought within the present rural framework through the introduction of certain far-reaching policies, such as conservancy, afforestation, control of plant diseases and pests, a system of agricultural credit, standardization of agricultural products, farmers' cooperatives, the development of highways and railroads to serve agricultural regions, agricultural experiment stations and agricultural educationa: institutions.
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