| Show japans model village making good progress 33 in striking contrast to the general agricultural depres depression slon in japan 1 is 19 9 the situation faund in the village of anjo in the center of the mail island here Is a village of houses roost most of which alch shelter farmers which boasts that it lias has not been mixed up in any farni fernier land rland r 1 lord dispute its avert age income per family la Is three times that of un an ordinary farm farmer er what used to he be eight small villages ere grouped to form the present village of anjo mid those living there themselves into i a operative cooperative co group the introduction tro of a modern irrigation system helped tha lie scheme to prosper so BO that in the 20 years of its existence lence progress hit hus s heen been rapid members of the community do not nat pool all their resources but no one person has more than BO 50 acres under cultivation there are acres in all worked by the villagers and all join in marketing the goods each family has about chickens and an average savings account of au a large sum for ir a member of the so called poorer class in japan |
