Show It ai HOV THE r FARMER OF JAPAN LIVES L nl HUttt 11 H H HH wu u n nHIt HIt thoro aro many class t distinctions dl In III country Japan really consists of two on military and agricultural ago It ItI i I decreed by tho court that tho IJ II n f r i with proper er should I Join tho but nil tho thoI W should continue to till I I the soil soli At tho Iho nn on edl mild t was sent forth that merchant farmers women unil artisans liy by xa on j of oC their spheres had no need tal or i If 1 I Thus classified there wits Induce Inducement ment for tor all ono to follow tollow the tho lon of ot It H It Il were possible IIO to toI f I enter tho favored elM class especially I I as ns tho Iho tilling of ot the tho soil eoll Invoked end endless 4 less les toll because of ot the Iho 1 meth melh methods I Oliff of ot agriculture When tho polls of ot Japan were closed clo ell and tho country en entered I upon tho to t 10 and fitlY fifty f J years of or tho Iho of ot pence penco It I necessary to adopt n opt that I I would l Induce In men to take lako up farminG otherwise It would bo J to lood supply su for tor tho rapidly increasing f i population Tho plan lInn was HoWell upon J him himI I I 10 o elevate the farmer by placing not to tho Iho tho Iho gentry where I ho would outrank those In oth other othI other I I I er occupations and up to tho present I I time tho fanner has hils that po Lofty mountains and very high cut c t tho t 10 country Into Int Um takes up his Alt All all tho work IH done by I hand or o i it Il IH III for tor uno mon monto to cultivate a I large tract root of or land oven If It It not 1101 for tho Iho lack IlIck of or menus to possess c I of moro than two or acres or 01 10 at most Instead of each Mch ono OM lilo house In III tho midst of tho th field nil all tho In n valla build their together tooth r usually tinder the brow of ot tho hills Having lIth If It lW machinery to euro for during tho winter and 1111 rarely a horse homo to most a n llo Is III token taken up 11 by II tho dwelling Tho are very tho style of or architecture BO so picturesque Hint they thoy form Corm one of If the tho striking fea fon features tures of tho landscape They are ono story with low colling built hullt of ot bamboo network and and out with n mixture of It straw and clay roof In Is of two and one OM half feet thick and arc a tl number of rooms room which Is not lint general generally ly Iy the case ense they tho urO partitioned ore off by Intended for tor small panes of ot and arc covered with opel Usually tho front of tho house Is III arranged m In a I fashion aro quite unknown thoro oro no chimneys to tho a 1 being a I luxury of ot which they dreamed Just JURt tho entrance lu hI n 1 small space level 1001 with tho ground Krom this In all direction tho floor li I raised about ono and nn 1 ono half foot feet and tho tto oven ovon unions tho class In covered cot rl 1 with clean cleon matting Tho Jho matting IH woven In sec sections feet lone throe foot wide 1111 It IB I padded with rico straw about Inches thick These TheM mats are 1110 all neatly bound with heavy material and lit tightly lightly together covering tho entire I Tho house hou e In I built to fit lau thu which woven tho Hanio situ lIto situA A room may bo n room or n 11 room Tho poorer families usually ono room where nil live 1110 In III common and mich Hurh n l thing m nil tho small smallest est degree ll of privacy IH hI unknown for woman or In tho Hides of at tho mo built small clos ota O that uro nhut off art by n II sliding doors hut but aside tram from those hero heroIn In III frequently only tho ono loom IH III very cry for tor there thoro IH III lit If any nn furniture ned never Ivor Into their of ot comfort hut soft loti always clean never II ver stepped upon by hy shoes which If It worn WOIn aro oro always loft lott at nt tho door forms a 11 common ro for tor the tho entire family Little bedding Is II required pillowcases being out of or ortho the tho question A very vory thick heavily padded colled faton Is III spread upon tho loor and ono of ot weight hey heavy enough to forever sleep from a n Westerner Is l used III n cover In cold colli weather a I small block of ot wood upon which tha head rents ns us n 11 In ease DnA the headrest Is always hard would mean menn anything but Lut Bleep to a 1 foreigner They a Il great many times their disgust us I cast enat 1 the block and rolled up 1111 my Jack Jacket et ot using It ns 01 a 1 substitute for tor n 1 low lowIn In III this largo room the family II I In hunches bunches of twos or find n Bon gon oral In 11 n great t s net by string tho ceiling covers llo Iho entire space protects the tho r troll from that pest that loot no HO much to night lively for tor tho thu wayfarer ono doing for tor tho whole family During tho day the tho net cur curtain curtain tain aro uro put away In the tho closet and tw place Is used as u IL In families the foot w l upon n l low table a n toot foot num tho family H It atod upon the tho Hoor of ot Is 19 tn tho people of ot arid In III no part of ot tho world orl llA Is tho Imon It Is III said by those who have mad a 11 stuffy of ot the reason for tor the small uro of ot tho people that this mode of sitting has hns prevented proper merit of or tho tM limbs Upon UI entering th lito bouso they drop upon their hll S turn the feet teet In until the hl great toes moet meet and fall tho entire enli weight of ot tho upper P ItoC of tb Ih body upon their In this thle position they take Inke their food tood either from the or from the tho floor BOW rend study and In thus spend the tho Indoors when they arc not Bleeping Their food Is very vor simple consisting of rico In III some sections of ofa a n sweetish rather watery potato to bo very vory nourishing Romo Ramo forms torms of at their religion forbid the taking Inking of ot lire life although they thoy consume of ot fish they thoy the tho nosh noHh of ot sheep swine or cows thus Ihus there thero la Is little heavy cooking the entire process treo from bre d liu or any form of ot Tho Is IA n 11 ulan of toll In souse for tor ho must perform tho work of ot beast In nn nil Interview with n 11 recently who belonged to largo class known ns RS not very vor thoro was Willi n 1 pathos In tho Iho hop les nels of Homo jomo of lita de remarks It v Willi a Just after midday had dinner ho WilY was about to Indulge In hI tho rest real In tills climate It Ills Is cs Cry to nn or 01 two of ot at III noon I work logins at nt dawn and continues s until the fading duy uy tho Iho earth In dark which makes tho Slopping by the way to rost a 1 gather somo Horns on 01 UK farm I 1 encountered an In about n to hid hi noon nap Upon Vlon Inquiry concerning the thoughts of or lito the tho reading of ot RUll those that from the tho grind tho old Mew drew n I long lOllS breath Wo WI Rot got up lip daybreak I work na liS n nM we WI can pay much moro limn wo to help 1110 HOl 80 10 they Ih y will keep keell our Jur country In III 1110 wo 0 need to eat cat when II Is Ifill n Hood good crop havo what wo WI cart goj gl Ium crops tall fall nUll and Juat to 1110 This expresses eXI tho lion 11 In many many a farm homo homlIn In Japan I must bo dono llano by tho The man mall who owns a u bullock hullock IH IB well oft off his favored neighbor who IB possessed d of ot n Is Iff an all object of ot envy throughout tho entire district AH An manner of burdens must be borne by tho farm s Carried manure upon their ond everything that In moro marc ad od countries rl id Ie considered work worl fop tor beasts only ohly in I tho common overy oy work of ot IhO farmer Ewi tho but primitive convenience con known us nu a n wheelbarrow nab nevor been con COli by hy this Individual H n 1 method of ills dally lJ With bo Bides a n plow nf lor those com mon Inon in the Far Ilar Jut tho timoR times of or with simply this his hili much of ot land In III has hI boon to ft 1 of ot cultivation unknown In any other country H It U III Impossible to what tho Iho ln ing ripening grain upon the terraced hillside or the tho OHm even row II of or growing Ileo In tho flooded by h way of or expended labor lubor to whoso hard lot has cast cust thorn thom tat far from tho lino IIno of tho progress tho farmer Is of ot a n deeply turn of ot mind It hall liaa been borno In upon Ulon hi hU that he ho must a c III to some It often happen that ho never nover leaves the valley of ot his paSKO so eo far ns nil to venture ventUra to tl the near nearest est city but t lives 1108 his burdensome Ufa lito to Its lant amid tho scones of childhood youth th toll When darkness prevents continued hours of or labor weighed down with a 11 load of ot for Ills tired If It ho owns Oil or carrying burdens of grain upon which to tho strength of the tho next day In In from the stalks the tho weary wenly Aon o oJ toll marts for tor tho that possesses so few tew of ot tho olo of homo and after a II hastily eaten meal too weary wenry to moro than bathe his mud mild or dust stained teat feet ho hI throws upon his faton toton Is soon lIoon lost to nil III sensa of toll with no other hope than another long day of at much barder work A tow few of ot tho newspapers but tho 1 ty are wholly Krea Yn 1 beyond tho limits mattai n of Jut Ly lh ho tho or borders of tho th 11 t Is a matter of ot 11 Cl 1101 over and the tho requiring tho tow fow houi hour In which OC sl to tor o ro r tho days work run ran find nn in n to keep m In thought Which With mault h of or and thu on ni his hili lire life And moro more of ot h his s horse or hullock than ng beyond the natural tr f noth body bOll from rom to ot man In Farm and Fireside |