The article is trying to research the land use and the
agricultural management in Chin-Sang Plain by the essence of
geography, that is man-land relation, spatial speciality and
regional characterization. From the spatial speciality on the
land use in Chin-Sang Plain, we know the speciality of the
agricultural management is that the differences of the land use
between average farmers and three main farms. So, this research
stsrts from the frameworkof rebuilding the land use. The second
chapter is to realize the beginning andthe process of its
cultivation. And the third, fourth, fifth chapters are touse the
spatial speciality as the basis to discover the speciality of
the land use and the agricultural management in Chin-Sang Plain
right now. The result of this research is the following:
Chin-Sang locates in the inner of Taitung longitud inal valley.
It devolped in the period of the Chin's governing and was call
"Shin-Kai-Weir" at that time. In the early period, people had an
eye to the prosperity of the land here. They cultivated the land
and chose the river terrace with higher land in back as their
villages. At that time, the villages sperated in lines along the
river terrace, and the paddy field were in the eastern side of
the plain. Howere, in the early period of Chin's governing,
itwas put "closure policy" under a ban. It developed slowly with
very small space. So that, there was a large piece of
uncultivated area used by Japanese later. During the Japanese
rulling period, the paddy field in "old land" developed rapidly.
And the emphasis of the development was on the margin, the
Japanese villages for migrants were set up first. Therefore, the
Shin-Kai-Weir was changed its name into "Chin-Sang" . Under the
Japanese migrating policy and the bad developing environment,
although the government took very active attitude, the effect
was still bad. In the late period of Japanese rulling, because
the western migrants rushed in, Chin-Sang had a new vision. The
clutivation was taken place rapidly. When Taiwan was recoveried,
the lands of the Japanese companies and the private in Chin-Sang
become the public lands. Most of them were cultivated by
farmers. When the Homestead Act was passed, the lands (about 160
ha) of Wahn-Chinau village for migrants was given to farmers.
And the hillside (about 1,800 ha) was rented to farmers by the
Land Bank. Almost 900 ha of the plain was planned to be the
cooperative farm, so the agricultural management in Chin-Sang
Plain is so complicated today. There are average farmers and
three main farms in Chin-Sang. The cultivation in Chin-Sang
is taken place from rice growing. However, Chin-Sang is formed
by three alluvial fans, but not a plain with equal qualities.
Moreover, the conditions of the irrigations are different, and
to cultivate different crops in different districts. But now,
they all grow rice. Farmers attend to produce excellent quality
of rice, and they also have the new technique to grow rice. The
hillside is another important district to farmers. Most of the
managers in the hillside have farms inplain. They cultivate the
hillside without care. Another import manager of the agriculture
is farms, and the relationship between farms and farmers is
changed with time. The most closed relationship with farmers is
the Land Bank. When the homesteade act was passed in 1992,
Taitung Farm broke its closure. Many people retired from army
rented their lands to farmers. And Taiwan Sugar Company changes
to manage pasture and loses the interaction with local farmers.
To conclude, the speciality of the agricultural management in
Chin-Sang Plain is because of the spatial speciality for the
land use -- that is the skeleton of the management by average
farmers and three main farms. Therefore, it is the product of
natural environment and the policy. It's the result of
historical development.