RICE FIELDS OI INCO-CHINA cover more than 13,500,000 acres. Much of that area is, however, sun parched and sandJj. It is irrigated by primitive water wheels, built of pieces of bamboo lashed together. Some are great multiple units; others are this, rotated under the constant tread of several men.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 159, 6 July 1940, Page 1 (Supplement)
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49RICE FIELDS OI INCO-CHINA cover more than 13,500,000 acres. Much of that area is, however, sun parched and sandJj. It is irrigated by primitive water wheels, built of pieces of bamboo lashed together. Some are great multiple units; others are this, rotated under the constant tread of several men. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 159, 6 July 1940, Page 1 (Supplement)
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