[ [282] Between 1909 and 1918 the average area of holdings rose from 1.03 to 1.09 chō or from 2.52 to 2.67 acres or 1.02 to 1.08 hectares.
[ [283] There were in 1919 some 13,000 co-operative societies of all sorts. The number increases about 500 a year.
[ [284] For rise in production per tan, see [Appendix LXXV].
[ [285] See [Appendix LXXVI].
[ [286] See [Appendix LXXVII].
[ [287] See [Appendix LXXVIII].
[ [288] See, for example, C.V. Sale in the Transactions of the Society of Arts, 1907, and J.M. McCaleb in the Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, 1916.
[ [289] For the question, is rice the right crop for Japan? See [Appendix LXXIX].
[ [290] Dr. Yahagi in an address delivered in Italy pointed out to his audience that Japan had 15 times as large an area under rice as Italy and that, while the Italian harvest ranged between 42 and 83 hectolitres per hectare, the Japanese ranged between 55 and 130. The area under rice in the United States in 1920 was 1,337,000 acres and the yield 53,710,000 bushels. The area under rice has steadily increased since 1913, when it was only 25,744,000 bushels.
[ [291] A well-informed Japanese who read this Chapter doubted the ability of his countrymen to distinguish between native and Korean, Californian or Texan rice. Saigon is another matter. See [Appendix XXIV].