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Rh accommodation for travelers. Fish reared in the better fertilized ponds bring a higher price in the market. The fertilizing of the water favors a stronger growth of food forms, both plant and animal, upon which the fish live and they are better nourished, making a more rapid growth, giving their flesh better qualities, as is the case with well fed animals.

Fig. 50.—Fields of ginger just planted; ridged and furrowed for drainage, showing the amount of hand labor performed to secure the winter crop, following two of rice.

In the markets where fish are exposed for sale they are often sliced in halves lengthwise and the cut surface