[1].Allricecropshavebeenclassifiedasmoncrops,andbecausetheyarepredominantinChineseagriculture,aseparationisusuallymadebetweenriceandothermoncropsinstatisticalsources.Seethefootnoteattachedtotable3.[2].Oftheforty-eightmontypesofcroprotationlistedinLu,AnalysisofFarmFamilyEconomy,pp.124-34,riceexistsinmost,.[3].Note,however,thatthemarginfortheincreaseintherateofriceplantingmaybefoundnotonlyinfarmswhereonecropofricewasgrownperyear,butalsoinsomefarmswhereonecropofricewasgrownintwoorthreeyears.[4].SeeTsung-hanShen,AgriculturalDevelopmentonTaiwansinceWorldWarII(NewYork:ComstockPublishingAssociates,1964),,Rice(London:Longmans,GreenandCo.,1953).[5].DepartmentofAgricultureandForestry,TaiwanAgriculturalYearbook,1952Edition(Taiwan:ProvincialGovernment,1952),sec.3.1.orgparingthesetwopercentageswiththetotalincreaseof9.9percent,itbeesclearthatpaddyricewasbyfarthepredominantricecrop.[6].SeeJCRR,TaiwanAgriculturalStatistics,1901-1955(Taipei,1961),-cropping,ortherewouldhavebeennoincreaseatallincropareaforpaddyrice.[7].Shen,AgriculturalDevelopmentonTaiwan,pp.174-95.[8].Ibid.[9].DAF,TaiwanAgriculturalYearbook,1952,sec.3.1.[10].SeeDAF,Yearbook1949,1950,1951and1952,,theareaactuallydamagedwasroughlythesameeveryyearfrom1948to1951.[11].DAF,Yearbook1952,sec.3.1.[12].Ibid.,,recallthatthedateofcountingmixedupthefirstandthesecondcrops.[13].Ibid.,sec.3.1.[14].Ibid.[15].,anattemptwillbemadetorankprefectures.[16].DAF,Yearbook1952,,,sothataprefectureofthehigherorderisexpectedtorespondwithgreaterproportionalchangesinthemarginalcrops,:(a)theproportionoffarmlandaffected,and(b)theinitialmarketrentalpercentage,(a)and(b)arepositivelyrelated.Intable4,,Hwalien,canbeexplainedbythepredominanceofuplandricecropsinthisprefecture.Columns4and6,togetherwiththeproportionateacreageofpaddyfieldsanddryland(notshown)determinethepercentagevaluesofcolumn2.Aparisonofcolumns2and3revealsthat,sincethereducedrentalwasamaximumuniform37.5percentoftheannualyieldforalltenantcontracts,.[1]Asisseenincolumns4through7,paddyfieldswerefarmorevulnerabletotheflatratecontrolthanwasdryland.Columns5and7,togetherwiththeproportionateacreageofpaddyfieldsanddrylandaffected(notshown),,andsincepaddyfieldswereassociatedwithhighermarketrentalpercentages,,however,,SinchuandTaipeihadthehighestrentalpercentages;accordingtoanother,Taichungwasthemostfertile.[2]Thedisagreementstemsfromthefactthatnosourceisspeakingofaweightedaverageoftherentalpercentages,,Taipei,,ingroupIwehaveprefectureswherewearecertainthathigherrentalshadprevailed,andthatprivatelandresourceswereaffectedinthegreatestproportions.[3]Insimilarfashion,weplaceKaoshiungandTainaningroupII,andHwalien,Taitung,,whichoccupiedsmallareasinTaiwan,willbeexcludedbecauseofthemassiveputationsrequired.[4],however,haveinformationonthenumberoffarmersaffected,whichwouldbethemoreappropriatemeasureoflaborresources.[5]

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