Japan in art and industry. : With a glance at Japanese manners and customs (1893)
Régamey, Félix, 1844-1907 · London : Saxon · leaf 160
covered withvegetable mould or sand. At the end of abouttwenty-five days, when the plant appears, the land isdunged with a sort of manure, composed of dried Textile Fabrics. 145 herrings and sardines, of earth, and of the residue ofcertain oils. It is manured three successive timesevery twelve… … GRINDING DRUGS. Seventy-five days later the crop is harvested, theplant being cut at the base. There are two methodsof procedure—either cutting at two oclock in theafternoon, bearing home the stalks and drying themin the court-yard till the noon of next day, turningthem over frequently meanwhile,…
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