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Acidity of soils, 424.

Acres per capita, U. S. 1; Orient, 1, 2, 193, 410, 425.

Afforestation, 151, 155, 156, 159, 398; tract, 217-220.

Agricultural college, 381.

Aichi, 413.

Akashi Experiment Station, 22, 396.

Amur river, 351.

Analysis, ashes, 207; compost, 211; excreta, 194; genya, 211; milk, 149; soil, 413. Angleworms, 205.

Animal diet, 135.

Antung, 358, 365.

Area, cultivated land, 6, 425; per family, 425, 429; of gardens, 377; of rice paddies, 277.

Area, Aichi, 414; Japan, 425; Nara, 400; Shantung, 216; Shizuoka, 417; Tokushima, 417; Tokyo plain, 419.

Area, forests, 160; genya, 209; legumes, 213; rice fields, 7, 8, 27, 271, 272; tea, 326; textiles, 164; wheat, 272; rush, 395.

Ashes as fertilizer, 9, 68, 169, 182, 207, 251, 286, 296, 380, 392, 410, 425.

Astragalus sinicus, 10, 380.

Bags, of matting, 159, 165, 305, 306, 308, 359; paper, 396.

Bamboo, 62, 64, 127, 130, 132, 133, 138, 147, 157, 165, 188, 290, 293, 301, 385, 387, 388; sprouts, 131.

Bananas, 82.

Barley, 6, 53, 54, 226, 227, 242, 267, 272, 306, 309, 329, 362, 379, 410, 422, 423; tying stems, 206.

Beans, 33, 122, 169, 213, 226, 255, 290, 305, 309, 319, 329, 380, 422, 423; sprouted, 134.

Bean cakes, 257, 378, 392, 417; export, 357, 358, 415.

Bean curd, 143.

Beauty of landscapes, 389-392, 400, 405, 409.

Beds, chimney, 141, 142, 248.

Beef cattle, 418.

Beggars, 121, 176.

Bellows, 143.

Bending wood, 89.

Bibo, 396.

Birds, 62.

Blumann, Dr. John, 93, 96.

Boats, 77, 78, 83, 86, 171.

Bombyx mori, 319.

Borrowing money, 152.

Bound feet, 62, 122, 230.

Bow, for whipping cotton, 127.

Bow-brace, 87.

Boxer uprising, 217.

Braid, straw, 165, 226.

Braziers, 138.

Brick, 142, 143, 162, 163.

Brick vaults, 50, 52.

Bridge building, 299.

Bucket and well sweep, 297, 299.

Buckwheat, 359, 418, 423.

Buffalo, water, 145, 149, 150, 235, 335, 336, 338.

Buffalo-horn, nut, 134.

Building materials, 160-163, 232, 285, 358, 337, 395.