[17].Notethattherehadbeennot,Yearbook1950,www.youxs.org(1949-51)ofthecropareaformarginalcropsusedhereafterarelessdramaticthantwo-yearannualaverages(1950-51),

[18].A”t”testwasrunontheobservationsofhectareyieldsbe,thattherewasnosystematicandsignificantdifferencebetweenthebeforeandafterhectareyields,wasrejectedatthea=.significantlylower,asisimpliedbythehypothesisofincreasedfarmingintensity.

[19].Notethatforitems16to20(table7),thedatedbyafasterrotationratebinedtoinflict”harmful”spilloversoncropsofthesameseasonalmargin.

[20].Informationonthegrowingtimerequiredformostvegetablesisusuallyinambiguoustermssuchas”twotothreemonths.”Thatiswhywecitehereonlytheextremecasesforwhichthedemarcationofgrowingtimeisclear.

[21].,”TheEffectsofPopulationPressureandSeasonalLaborSurplusonthePatternandIntensityofAgricultureinTaiwan,”(mimeographed,1964),www.youxs.org.

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ThemethodIhaveemployedtocopewiththelackofseparateoutputdatafortenantandownerfarmsistoranktheprefect:

Horticulturalcropsgrowondryland,…,thatiswhytherulesofrentalsharerestrictioncouldnotapplytothem.…Ourdecisionfortenancyinhorticulturalcropswastoleavethecontractsastheyhadbeen.…[1]

Asshownintable3,,,theplantyieldforallbutfourcropsdecreased.[2]Bothobservationsmaybeinterpretedasfollows:Underthesharerestrictionimposedonothercropsandthecorrespondingreallocationofresources,arvestedatall,,thelowerinputsmittedtotree-climbingandannualupkeepoftheplantsledtothedecreaseinplantyieldfortheplantsactuallyharvested.

Forthemarginalcropsdiscussedinthelastsection,theincreaseincropareaassociatedwithasmallerproportionatedecreaseincrophectareyieldimpliesariseinthemar,however,thedecreaseinthelandareaharvestedimpliesthatthemarginalproductoflanddecreased(www.youxs.org).This,togetherwiththedecreaseinplantyield,impliesthatnonlandresourceinputsdeclined,,theobservationsareconsistentwiththeimplicationthatthemarginalproductoflandinhorticulturewaslowerthanthatofothercropsunderthesharerestriction,andthatthemarginalproductsoffarmingresourcesotherthanlandwerelowerintheseothercropsthaninhorticulture.

[1].Chen,RecordsofTaiwanLandReform,www.youxs.org

[2].Apparently,thenumberofplantsperhectareisnotfixed,”t”testwasrunontheobservationsofplantyieldsbeforeandafterthesharerestriction,byusingthestanda,thattherewasnosystematicandsignificantdifferencebetweenthebeforeandafterplantyields,wasrejectedatthea=.icantlylower.

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ObservableevidenceobtainedfromthefirstphaseofTaiwanlandreformfailstof,derivedfromthetheoryofsharetenancywiththeaddedshareconstraint,ductoflandintenantfarmswashigher,andthemarginalproductsoftenantinputswerelower,,letmesummarize: