At present, the arable area in Manchuria is put at 
about 22,400,000 “‘cho’” (being slightly over 22 per cent 
of the total area). Half of this area has already been 
reclaimed, leaving the other half or 11,000,000 ‘““cho’’ still 
to be reclaimed. What has been reclaimed during the past 
10 years is estimated at about 2,300,000 “‘cho’’, giving the 
annual average of 280.000 ‘““cho’ a year. 
Let us now denote the cultivation percentage of Beans 
by 27, figuring the per 300 ‘“‘tsubo’’ harvest at 1 “‘koku’. 
The annual rate of increased production of Beans may be 
placed at 620,000 ‘“‘koku”’ on 62,000 ‘“‘cho!’ of the new 
Bean field. 
On such bases of calculation, the increase attained 
during the past 10 years comes up to 6,200,000 “‘koku’. 
At this pace, 10,000,000 “cho” of the entire wasteland 
being supposed to be converted into arable land, the total 
reclamation work will be accomplished in about 40 years. 
The consequent increment in Bean production will amount 
to 27,000.000 “‘koku’’ or thereabouts. This being added 
up to the present total production of 83.000.000 “koku’’ in 
1926, by the time the existing wasteland has been com- 
pletely reclaimed, the aggregate Bean outputs of Manchu. 
ria are to reach rouchly 60.000.000 “‘koku’”’ 
(b) Locar. Propucing CONDITIONS 
Manchuria ig nearly evenly divided between the plains