This classic survey examines the traditional farming methods of the densely populated lands of China, Korea and Japan and shows how fertility can be maintained over many centuries through conserving and utilizing natural resources.

Includes index.

Preface; contents; list of illustrations; introduction.; first glimpses of Japan.; grave lands of China.; to Hong Kong. and Canton.; up the Si-Kiang, west river.; extent of canalization and surface fitting of fields.; some customs of the common people.; the fuel problem, building and textile materials.; tramps afield.; the utilization of waste.; in the Shantung province.; Orientals crowd both time .and space.; rice culture in the Orient.; silk culture.; the tea industry.; about Tentsin.; Manchuria and Korea.; return to Japan.; index.