| 2. | ![[wa0282] [Water buffalo in a rice paddy]](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/warner&CISOPTR=103 "[wa0282] [Water buffalo in a rice paddy]") | [wa0282] [Water buffalo in a rice paddy] | 240 Agriculture; 241 Tillage; 243 Cereal Agriculture; 230 Animal Husbandry; 231 Domesticated Animals | Yao Tsun Hsiung writes, ""Since the basic policy of Taiwan's Japanese rulers could be summed up as 'industrial Japan, agricultural Taiwan,' it comes as no surprise that many of the animals intimately connected with farming life in Taiwan appeared frequently in official propaganda materials, where they underscored the salient features of Taiwan's agricultural product[ion]. Such familiar domestic animals and livestock as water buffalo, yellow oxen, indigenous dogs ... [etc.] figure prominently in propaganda materials....For example, postcards commemorating the 'First Mutual-Progress Fair in Southern Taiwan,' and '10th Anniversary of the Administration' all contained pictures of farmers plowing their fields behind water buffalo"" (Yao 2006, p. 62). |
