, the yield from 15,822,000 _koku_
to 23,781,000 _koku_ and the yield per _tan_ from .994 _koku_ to
1.313. Between 1882 and 1914 the increase in the crops of the three
varieties of millet averaged .515 _koku_ per _tan_. The increased
yield of soy beans was .229 _koku_ per _tan_, of sweet potatoes 138
_kwamme_ per _tan_ and of Irish potatoes 138 _kwamme_.

LABOURERS [LXXVI]. When hired labour is required on farms it is
supplied either by relatives and neighbours or by the surplus labour
of strangers who are small farmers or members of a small farmer's
family. According to the Department of Agriculture: "Ordinary fixed
employees are upon an equal social footing. Apprentice labourers are
very numerous. No working class holds a special social position as
such. This is the greatest point of difference between the Japanese
agricultural labour situation and that of Europe." The number of
labourers in October 1920 was:

| Day | Seasonal| All the
| | |year round| Total
---------------------------|-----------|---------|----------|---------
Labourers living { male | 119,676 | 52,007 | 49,110 | 220,793
solely on wages, { female | 80,870 | 42,193 | 23,862 | 146,925
agricultural and { | | | |
other { | 200,546 | 94,200 | 72,972 | 367,718
| | | |
| | | |
Labourers who are { male | 949,266 | 407,596 | 188,369 | 1,546,231
labourers part { female | 646,720 | 405,131 | 116,152 | 1,168,003
of their time | | | |
| 1,595,986 | 813,727 | 304,521 | 2,714,234
| | | |
Total . . . . . | 1,796,532 | 907,927 | 377,493 | 3,081,952
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In addition to the total of 3,081,952 "there are 32,973 agricultural
labourers who are boys and girls under 14."

DECREASE OF FARMERS TILLING THEIR OWN LAND [LXXVII]. In 1914 the
number of farmers owning their own land was 1,731,247; in 1919 it had
fallen to 1,700,747. In 1914 the number of tenants was 1,520,476; in
1919 it had increased to 1,545,639. That is, there were 30,500 fewer
landowners and 25,163 more tenants. During the period b