VEGETABLE DEALER'S SHOP.		FARMERS IN A YARD.  This is a characteristic picture of winnowing as often witnessed in a farm-yard in Japan. The woman is gently emptying the grain, from a vessel on to the mat while the man is fanning off the chaff or dust. The farming implements are rather of a primitive order, yet experience has taught the Japanese peasant to use them to perfection. The liquid manure is carefully hoarded and used to keep up the fertility of the soil which would otherwise become barren in the course of years.
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