right course was being taken. Conditions would have been worse if the collection had not been made. It made possible more rice. Character of substantial quality was building in the lad which meant thrift in the growing man and continued life for the nation.
Fig. 112.—Applying of liquid manure from carrying pails, using the long-handle dipper.
We have adverted to the very small number of flies
observed anywhere in the course of our travel, but its
significance we did not realize until near the end of our
stay. Indeed, for some reason, flies were more in evidence
during the first two days on the steamship, out from
Yokohama on our return trip to America, than at any
time before on our journey. It is to be expected that
the eternal vigilance which seizes every waste, once it has
become such, putting it in places of usefulness, must
contribute much toward the destruction of breeding places,
and it may be these nations have been mindful of the
wholesomeness of their practice and that many phases of
the evolution of their waste disposal system have been