西周时期,农业生产有了进一步的发展,表现为:青铜农具数量增加、种类增多、使用范围扩大,耕作技术和田间管理技术有所提高,农田水利有所发展,西周王朝对农业的重视。西周时期,统治阶级重视储藏粮食,储粮形式仍为地上仓房和地下粮窖,储粮分国家储粮、王室储粮和私人储粮,国家储粮来源于剥削奴隶劳动取得的收入、田赋和掠夺,国家储粮主要用于军费、王室、祭祀、救灾等方面,国家整个储粮由地官司徒负责。 Western Zhou Dynasty, further development of agricultural production, manifested as follows: the number of bronze tools increased, the type of increase, the use of expanded farming techniques and field management techniques have improved, farmland water conservancy has developed, Western Zhou Dynasty emphasis on agriculture. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the ruling class attached great importance to the storage of grain. The form of grain storage was still above ground barns and underground grain cellars. Grain storage was divided into state grain storage, royal grain storage and private grain storage. State grain storage came from income from the exploitation of slave labor. Predatory, national grain storage is mainly used for military spending, the royal family, worship, disaster relief and so on, the state grain storage by the local officials responsible.