[3].Themarketrentalsreportedforthesethreeprefecturesusuallyrangefrom50to70percentoftheannualyield,,RecordsofTaiwanLandReform,chaps.1and2;andJCRR,"AnnualReports,"chaps.1and2.[4].Seethefootnoteattachedtotable4forprefecturedelineation,

[5].In1948,thenumberofworkerspertenanthouseholdwasasfollows:Sinchu,7.28;Taipei,6.97;Taichung,6.21;Kaoshiung,6.03;Tainan,6.05;Hwalien,6.32;Taitung,5.21;andPenghu,,Yearbook1949,sec.2.[6].Theoretically,.[7].Itisreportedthatsometenantsgrewcitronellaillegallyontheexternallandmarginownedbythestate.Thecropareaforcitronellahasdeclinedsince1951,andparticularlyaftertheLand-to-the-Tillerprogramin1953,,Yearbook1958,sec.3.1.18;andShen,AgriculturalDevelopmentonTaiwan,p.108.[8].Thatis,duringthesharerestrictiontheincreaseincropareaofcitronellaplanting(fasterrate)wasproportionatelygreaterthanthedecreaseincroparea(hectare)yield,whichledtoahighertotaloutputonthegivenland.[9].SeeLu,AnalysisofFarmFamilyEconomy,p.124;Shen,AgriculturalDevelopmentonTaiwan,chap.8andparticularlypp.155-64;DAF,Yearbook1948-52,sec.3,2;andYoung-chiTsui,AStudyofPeanutsinTaiwan(Taipei:JCRR,1954).[10].SeeShen,AgriculturalDevelopmentonTaiwan.[11].Tsung-hanShen,AgriculturalResourcesofChina(NewYork:CornellUniversityPress,1951),,China.[12].Unlikecitronella,thehectareyieldforthemarginalcropslistedintables6and7usuallystartedtodeclinein1949,,Yearbook1952,"erratic"outputchangesinherentinagriculture,theaveragesofathree-yearperiod(1949-51)-June1949,theconfirmationofmyhypothesiswouldbemorecriticallydisplayediftheseaveragesweretakenfor1950-51.[13].Shen,AgriculturalResourcesofChina,chap.24.[14].Ontheaverage,thelaborrequiredtoplantonecrophectareofvegetablesisaboutseventimesgreaterthanforamoncrop,,AnalysisofFarmFamilyEconomy,p.142,table121.[15].,thelaborrequiredtocultivategreenmanureisaboutone-fiftiethofthatrequiredforvegetables.[16].,seeDAF,Yearbook1952,sec.3.B.