Thequalitativechangeinfertilizersconsumedismostinterestinglyillustratedinthemercializationofgreenmanure.Althoughtheuseofgreenmanureasfertilizerdecreasedasindicatedabove,theproductionofgreenmanurecropsdidnot.[7]Beforethesharerestriction,greenmanurecropswereseldomharvested,butwereplowedunderforfertilization.Undertherestriction,however,thedirectconsumptionofgreenmanuredeclined.Instead,partofthecropswerenowharvested,processedincakeform,andsoldinthemarketasmercialvegetablefertilizers.Besidesahigherprocessingcostandmoreeffectivenessinuse,anotherreasonmaybeofferedforthemarketingofgreenmanure.Theharvestingofthecropsreleasedthelandearlierforothercrops,aconditionessentialforthefastercroprotationintenantfarmsasimpliedbythehypothesisofincreasedfarmingintensity.
TheaforementionedchangesinfertilizerconsumptionconformwithareportprovidedbytheTaiwanProvincialLandBureauwhichindicatesthatthegreaterpartoftheincreaseintenantinewasinvestedinfarming.[8]Itwasreportedthat,in1950,39.8percentoftheincreaseintenantinewasspentonfertilizers,14.2percentondraftanimals,and12.8percentonfarmimplements.Asidefromhousing,health,andmiscellaneousexpenditures,whicharebothconsumptionandinvestmentspending,theincreaseinpureconsumptionasapercentageoftheincreaseintenantineincluded7.3percentinfoodandclothingand2.3percentinamusement.