The Rice Industry in Java
A most complete study of the greatest crop growing industry of the island of Java. The immense rice fields are of two kinds; the "tegal," or dry field, and the "sawash," or wet field, laid o... Read allA most complete study of the greatest crop growing industry of the island of Java. The immense rice fields are of two kinds; the "tegal," or dry field, and the "sawash," or wet field, laid out in terraces of different levels for irrigation purposes. After plowing and sowing the t... Read allA most complete study of the greatest crop growing industry of the island of Java. The immense rice fields are of two kinds; the "tegal," or dry field, and the "sawash," or wet field, laid out in terraces of different levels for irrigation purposes. After plowing and sowing the terraces are flooded for a period of eight or ten days. At the end of a month or six weeks ... Read all