[[alternative]]the Land Use and the Agricultural Management in Chin-Sang Plain

[[abstract]]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.