─────────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────── │ Area in Acres. │ Produce. ─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────── Rice │ 6,821,694│ 195,612,321 bshls. Barley │ 1,600,632│ 33,830,173 〃 Rye │ 1,649,390│ 34,377,074 〃 Wheat │ 1,096,257│ 19,470,855 〃 Peas and azuki │ 1,318,779│ 17,701,808 〃 Millet │ 848,282│ 18,633,157 〃 Buckwheat │ 422,928│ 5,891,613 〃 Sweet potatoes │ 586,478│ 1,865,709 cwts. Potatoes │ 56,727│ 18,598,076 〃 Colza │ 374,072│ 4,932,246 bshls. Cotton │ 148,649│ 471,978 cwts. Hemp │ 51,431│ 102,967 〃 Indigo │ 114,999│ 579,298 〃 Tobacco │ 88,185│ 279,870 〃 Mulberry-trees │ 675,972│ 279,870 〃 Tea │ 123,404│ 635,979 〃 ─────────────────┴─────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────── The absence of domestic animals obliges the Japanese to have recourse to novel methods of manuring the land. The rice-fields are strewn with green grass, freshly cut in openings in the forests and on the mountain sides, which, when covered with muddy water, speedily decomposes; to this lime is sometimes added. Excrements of all kinds are also largely employed in all fields except those devoted to the cultivation of rice, and along the coast-line fish manure is much used.