Current Aspects Of Agriculture In Japan

Author : Professor Koide
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330118627
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Agriculture in Japan written by Professor Koide and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Agriculture in Japan: A Paper Read by Professor Koide Before the Agricultural Section of the Royal Society, 11th June, 1918 Besides these chief islands, there are about 600 small islands not deserving of mention. It was called in ancient time "Oyashima" in Japanese - that means "Great Eight Islands." Japan extends for about 2,100 miles with a width of 200 miles at her widest part, and is a very mountainous country. There is a solid backbone of mountains running through each of the chief islands. We count six mounts which are over 10,000 feet high, and nine over 9,000 feet. So a great portion of the whole area is taken up by the mountains which can never be utilised for agriculture. The mountains form a divide or watershed in each island, so rivers which flow down on both sides are mostly short and rapid, though numerous. Of the areas unoccupied by mountains, hills, rivers or lakes, about 70 per cent. are taken by upland and 30 per cent. by low plains. The uplands are mostly on the skirts of volcanic mountains. They are generally covered with grass, among which grow several varieties of lilies and other flowering herbs. They present a gay aspect, but are not much used for agriculture. Low plains are distributed along the courses of rivers everywhere, and there all sorts of agriculture are carried on, every corner of land being used as far as possible to the utmost degree. Climate. - Japan is much elongated from north to south, almost reaching to the frigid zone and the tropical zone at each end, and the country is also influenced much by the cold current of the Okhotsk Sea in the north and a warm current in the south. A great variation of climate is a matter of course. But with the exception of the two extremities, Japan proper lies within the temperate zone. I can say with all confidence that we enjoy, both in temperature and humidity, practically the golden mean. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.