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what is comsumped as food by the inhabitants as cattle 
feed, and seed for the next year, besides what is employed 
at the bean mills. The rest is exported abroad, their dis- 
tribution being roughly ss follow: 
TasLe (4) DistrisuTioN oF BEaNs IN MANCHURIA 
(aBouT 1926) 
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sgl 
n- 
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at 
1a 
Estimate amount Remarky 
{unit : 1,000 ‘‘koku’’) 
Food for inhabitants ..... 3,120 Figured at the rate of 0.08 
“koku’’ per capita on the 
basis of the population of 
Manchuria placed at 26,500,- 
000. 
Figured according to the gene- 
ral data for Manchuria & 
Mongolia in arable land & 
population. 
Figuring per “cho” geed Beans 
at 0.5 “kokn’’ on an aver- 
age, the total Bean cultiva- 
tion area estimated at 
3.240.000 ‘“‘cho’. 
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nn. 
no 
iy - 
Bean mill material (for 
Bean oil for export)...... 12,760 
Bean mill material (for 
Bean Oil for local con- 
sumption}  ....... 
2300 
The mean total export for 3 
years (1925-1927) being 
2,820,000 piculs, & on the 
basis of 10 kin Bean Oil ob- 
tainable per 100 kin Beans. 
Figuring per capita annual 
Bean consumption at 1} kin, 
Bean oil. for 26,500,000 in- 
habitants of Manchuria con- 
verted into Beans. 
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