Maize

Zea Mais; IMG:p335_1.png:Chinese characters pao mi or IMG:p335_2.png:Chinese characters yii-shu-shu. Cultivated in all the hilly districts of China and in the north generally, often between other crops such as beans. It occupies the ground from April to June. 17 lbs. of seed are required to sow an acre, which yields from 900 to 1,100 lbs. An autumn crop can be grown on the same soil. The grains are separated from the cob by stone rollers, and coarsely ground by millstones. The roots, stalks and empty cobs are used for fuel, and spirits are made from the grain. In 1915, pels. 580,000, worth a million IMG:p335_3.png:Chinese characters were exported to Japan from Manchuria.