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social or family infrastructures in order to preserve
harmony. Manpower estimates available show that the
population of FU SHING Commune 's teams varies between as
little as 80 to as much as 620, but the significant factor
is the proportion of those engaged in collective production
and the average team work force in the Commune is between
100 and 150 persons; the largest is about 250.
25.
All FU SHING Commune's 14 brigades are engaged in
agriculture but the two brigades which border on DEEP BAY
also have five teams engaged at least partly in oyster
farming. The degree of autonomy a team has to manage its
own affairs, including accounts and finance, is fairly
high since they function as basic economic (i.e. self-
supporting) units. Within certain limitations, the teams
decide for themselves on the allocation or investment of
their own funds and resources and the type of crops they
plant, and are responsible for the way in which their
collective income is distributed to their members.
Types of Production
Arable Farming
26.
Production of rice is the most important collect-
ive agricultural activity. Time which can be spared from this
is spent on raising subsidiary crops and livestock either
collectively or, to a much more limited extent, on small
private plots worked on a household basis. Each member
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