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PART III THE ECONOMY
General
18.
FU SHING Commune has a predominantly agricult-
ural economy, based on the growing of rice, which with two
harvests per year (double cropping), is by far the most
important crop. Subsidiary crops such as sweet potatoes,
peanuts, sugar cane, vegetables, green manure, fodder for
livestock, oil bearing seed crops and fruit are also grown
both collectively and in individual household allotments
(private plots).
19.
Pigs, ducks and chickens are the principal live-
stock reared for food. They are also valued for the manure
they produce. Cattle are kept as draught animals rather
than for consumption. Sea fishing is carried out on a
small scale in DEEP BAY and fresh water fish farming in
inland ponds together with oyster farming in DEEP BAY are
important subsidiary collective enterprises.
20.
Farming methods are still mainly based on
traditional practices but some 'modern' innovations are
now standard including chemical fertilisers and insecti-
cides, new seed strains and use of mechanical aids such as
tractors (on a limited scale), small, rudimentary pedal or
electrically operated threshing machines, manually drawn
rice transplanters, hand-guided cultivators and water pumps.
Production units still cannot rely upon as great a supply of
chemical fertilisers and insecticides as they would like and
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