Chinese Agriculture.--Exaggerated Statements regarding its
Advancement.--Soil of the Hills.--Tea Land--Soil of the Plains.--Summer
Crops.--Rice and its Cultivation.--Chinese Plough and Harrow.--Number
of Crops produced.--Method of obtaining two Crops of Rice in Summer
in the Province of Chekiang.--Rice Harvest.--Terrace Cultivation
described.--The Tein-ching Plant, from which the Northern Indigo is
obtained.--Summer Hill Crops.--Cultivation of sweet Potatoes.--Earth
Nuts.--Winter Crops.--Celebrated Shan-tung Cabbage.--Oil Plant.--Wheat,
Barley, etc.--Ripening of Winter Crops.--Manures.--Two Plants
cultivated for this Purpose.--Their Cultivation and Mode of
Application.--A Manure for mixing with Seeds.--Its Utility.--Other
Manures in common use.--Manure Tanks.--Night Soil and Urine.--Mode of
Application.--Succession anti Rotation of Crops.