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FC81 14/15. How to make a living

FC81 14/15. How to make a living. Culture as skills How to make a living: Farming: knowledge, technology, organization Cloth: knowledge, technology, organization How to get rich: Landholding specialization Markets and marketing 20 th century implications.

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FC81 14/15. How to make a living

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  1. FC81 14/15. How to make a living • Culture as skills • How to make a living: • Farming: knowledge, technology, organization • Cloth: knowledge, technology, organization • How to get rich: • Landholding • specialization • Markets and marketing • 20th century implications

  2. Why is there a place calledElephant Horn Village in Jinhua?

  3. Economic indicators

  4. Agricultural technology: • Spread of rice agriculture • New varieties of rice • Tools • Fertilizer • Cropping patterns

  5. Cropping schedule

  6. Landholding (1 mu = 7000 sq ft.) • What does “farming” mean?

  7. Village Yield (jin) Average rent as % Taili 270 41 Xiaxitou 300 37 Sangci 210 48 Guanglihu 250 38 Litang 400 45 Mashangqiao 340 47 Sanyu 280 43 Citanghou 420 40

  8. Land Ownership and Use in Dongyang, 1932

  9. Specialization • Production • Processing (eg ham) • Technical skill (eg wood carving) • Commerce (eg medicinal herbs)

  10. 1578 prefectural gazetteer, section on local products • “There is no other reason why nature produces various things [unique to one locale] than to help the livelihood of the people and to meet the expenditure of country.” • Grain: 23 different kinds. • Vegetables: 32 different kinds. • Fruits: 29 different kinds. • Medical Herbs: 146 different kinds. • Bamboos: 17 different kinds. • Woods: 29 different kinds. • Flowers: 54 different kinds. • Grass: 28 different kinds. • Miscellaneous Plants: 4 different kinds. • Domesticated Animals: 12 different kinds. • Birds: 33 different kinds. • Wild Animals: 18 different kinds. • Fishes: 19 different kinds. • Insects: 31 different kinds. • Commercial Products: 23 different kinds.

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