Tourists Plied With Rice Harvest Statistics At China Farm
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The China farm we visited was obviously a showcase, but it was an interesting break on our journey from Dazu. The China farm yards were covered with a layer of rice grains
 drying in the sun, one of the yards having been neatly raked to produce straight ridged lines of rice, with almost geometric precision. Rice was everywhere; piled up against the outside walls, and against the walls inside the China farm living rooms.
 The farmer and his family appeared to be accustomed to having so many visitors at one time, and having their photos taken. The family of this China farm smiled broadly as our local guide bombarded us with statistics concerning the number of hectares under cultivation; the number of kilos of rice produced, and how the China farm harvest had increased each year through the diligent work of the party members, etc., etc.,etc. This stream of statistics happened whenever we visited a commune, factory or workshop, but very little of it was ever absorbed.
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Theater Presentation For Captured Audience at China Farm
We were free to wander from one room to another, just like the hens, and I noticed that in the China farm kitchen, lunch had already been laid out on a home made kitchen table of wood,
 the food protected with a bamboo cover. On a tiled slab over the wood fired cooker, three large bowls of vegetables and meat were arranged very neatly, and three newish thermos flasks in different colors were lined up against the cooker wall. Everything looked too neat and tidy to be authentic and was more likely part of a live theater presented for a captured audience of foreigners.
 The wall facing the doorway of one room in the China farm was adorned with red banners each inscribed with a row of Chinese characters, together with some large glossy pictures of singers or actresses, but even this wall had rice piled up against it. Strangely enough I never saw any of the China farm hens feasting themselves on the grain in the rooms, nor the rice laid out in the yards, perhaps at the time of our visit their gullets were full.
Speech Of Thanks to Chinese Farmer Translated By Guide
Much of the China farm furniture looked home made, just plain and serviceable, and many of the 
implements outside had the same country look, from the besoms against the wall, to the wooden buckets and the wooden rake,
with one inch diameter pegs in the heavy head, used to form the ridges in the drying rice. Perhaps the most impressive tool we saw was a heavy hand mill made from stone and used for grinding the rice into flour. I should imagine it would be a slow and laborious process. At the end of our visit a group member, made a short speech of thanks, translated by the guide, then we applauded and left the China farm family to continue with their lunch or perhaps to prepare for the next group of tourists.
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