Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-20 | Page 14 | China Turns to Farming

CHINA TURNS TO FARMINO: WASHINGTON. Julr (By A. P.-A r,m,rk,bl, dsrvlopment of lntm,lir agriculture in Chinm la hown by a cpMlal study of farm Ins In that country. Juat completed by tha department of aariculture. China has more than M.000.04 farmers who. with their families, comprise (0 to H per cent of the nation's total population. Of a total area of more than 1. 000. 000.-004 000.-004 acres of land, about f 11.000,000 acres are under cultivation. Including Includ-ing 4l.000.eoo acres of wet lands used chiefly for rice production, and li.00,000 acres of cardans and fruit orcharda. China ranks first amona agricultural agricul-tural countries In the production of rire. lea, silk, soy beana and grain sorghums, the report saya, and Is second only to the United Statea In tobacco and poealbly In wheat production pro-duction also. Un the average China producea more cotton for commercial commer-cial use than Egypt, and. Including production for local uae, nearly aa much aa British India. . -