_June_ 20.--153 clumps of rice transplanted from the seed bed.[22]

_July_ 11.--Rice cultivated and 4 _to_ of herring applied.

_July_ 27.--First weeding.

_Aug_. 6.--Second weeding.

_Aug_. 8.--Locusts again.

_Aug_. 11.--Third weeding.

_Sept_. 10.--All ears shot.

_Oct_. 10.--Some plants suffering from bacillus.

It was further noted that the soil was sandy, that cold spring water
was percolating through the bottom of the paddy field, that the
aeration of the soil was bad and that some plants were laid by wind.
The young farmer appended to his report an excellent plan. He received
marks as follows: Method of planting, 15; levelling, 20; provision
against insects, 5; general attention, 25; total, 65. Some boys got as
many as 99 marks.

A word concerning a Village Association for Promoting Morality. One of
the things it does is to assemble yearly the whole population, old and
young, "in order to get friendly." The police meanwhile keep an eye
open for strangers who might take it into their heads to visit the
village on that day and help themselves from the houses. I may quote