Colton furnished the major dis pointment in the Japanese efforts, last year's crop being one of the worst for some time. The Government merely Announees plans to produce 200,000,000 Ib, a year, 'Tobacco, wild silk, beat sugar. hemp, Jute and flax, perilla, sesame. Linseed, peanuts and other all pro-dueling' crops come in for favourable attention. The only risk seems to be that in i's anxiety, the Government will over-organize it's assistance and fever-exploit the farmer. There is Tittte in the lot of the Japanese farmer present to encourage prospective farmers hero to look forward to pro= sperity, under Japanese administra tion of agriewture. In the. United Slates claborale experimental farms have been maintained for many years, all the enlightened activities of the Government. did not prevent wide-spread distress, among the agricultural population during the re~ ent economic crisis.
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