The Japanese sugar beet culture measures, have changed from direct sowing to trans- plant, several seeds to single seed, animal and man power to large mechanized farming.

日本甜菜栽培法，经历了由直播到移栽、多粒种到单位种、畜耕人力到大型机械化。

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When not prescribing purges and pills to his sickly employer and his friends, Sloane crisscrossed the island on horseback or on foot, collecting plant and shrub specimens, guided by slaves from the sugar plantations with knowledge of local medically useful seeds and grasses.

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