[1].Allricecropshavebeenclassifiedasmoncrops,andbecausetheyarepredominantinChineseagriculture,aseparat

[2].Oftheforty-eightmontypesofcroprotationlistedinLu,AnalysisofFarmFamilyEconomy,www.youxs.org,

[3].Note,however,thatthemarginfortheincreaseintherateofriceplantingmaybefoundnotonlyinfarmswhereonecropofricewasgrownperyear,butalsoinsomefarmswhereonecropofricewasgrownintwoorthreeyears.

[4].SeeTsung-hanShen,AgriculturalDevelopmentonTaiwansinceWorldWarII(NewYork:ComstockPublishingAssociates,1964),pp.,Rice(London:Longmans,GreenandCo.,1953).

[5].DepartmentofAgricultureandForestry,TaiwanAgriculturalYearbook,1952Edition(Taiwan:ProvincialGovernment,1952),www.youxs.org.

[6].SeeJCRR,TaiwanAgriculturalStatistics,1901-1955(Taipei,1961),www.youxs.org.

[7].Shen,AgriculturalDevelopmentonTaiwan,www.youxs.org.

[8].Ibid.

[9].DAF,TaiwanAgriculturalYearbook,1952,www.youxs.org.

[10].SeeDAF,Yearbook1949,1950,1951and1952,www.youxs.org.

[11].DAF,Yearbook1952,www.youxs.org.

[12].Ibid.,www.youxs.org.

[13].Ibid.,www.youxs.org.

[14].Ibid.

[15].,anattemptwillbemadetorankprefectures.

[16].DAF,Yearbook1952,www.youxs.org.

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Beforeweturnourattentiontothebehaviorofthreetypesofmarginalcrops,letussetthestageonwulttoconfirmtheimplicationuresinTaiwanaccordingtothedegreetowhichtheirfarmingresourceswereaffectedbythesharerestriction,sothataprefectureofthehigherorderisexpectedtorespondwithgreaterproportionalchangesinthemarginalcrops,accordingtomytheoreticalpredictions.

ThePrefectureRanking

Itshouldbeclearthatthedegreetowhichaprefecturewasaffectedbythesharerestrictiondependsontwofactors:(a)theproportionoffarmlandaffected,and(b)theinitialmarketrentalpercentage,sincetheflatratecontrolledtoa(a)and(b),c,Hwalien,c,togetherwiththeproportionateacreageofpaddyfieldsanddryland(notshown)determinethepercentagevaluesofcolumn2.

Aparisonofcolumns2and3revealsthat,,ntagesthandryland.[1]Asisseenincolumns4through7,pad,togetherwiththeproportionateacreageofpaddyfieldsanddrylandaffected(notshown),determinethepercentagevaluesofcolumn3.

Sinceprefectureswithproportionallymorepaddyfieldswereassociatedwithahigherfrequencyoftenancy,andsincepaddyfieldswereassociatedwithhighermarketrentalpercentages,thevaluesincolumn3renderreliablecriteriafort,however,,SinchuandTaipeihadthehighestrentalpercentages;accordingtoanother,Taichungwasthemostfertile.[2]Thedisagreementstemsfromthefactthatnosourceisspeakingofaweightedaverageoftherentalpercentages,andheterogeneouslandwithd,Taipei,,ingroupIwehaveprefectureswherewearecertainthathigherrentalshadprevailed,andthatprivatelandresourceswereaffectedinthegreatestproportions.[3]Insimilarfashion,weplaceKaoshiungandTainaningroupII,andHwalien,Taitung,,whichoccupiedsmallareasinTaiwan,willbeexcludedbecauseofthemassiveputationsrequired.[4]Rankingbythecriteriaofmarketrentalpercentagesandproportionsofprivatelandaffecte,however,haveinformationonthenumberoffarmersaffected,whichwouldbethemoreappropriatemeasureoflaborresources.[5]

ThreeTypesofMarginalCrops