No need to say that the entire crop is destroyed and nothing can be planted for the next spring owing to the water-logged condition of the land. One quarter of the district is flooded, making a total affected area of about 640,000 mow.
In certain places it was pos-{ sible to gather in what crop was! left but in every case the farmers had to wade waist deep to get the! half-spoiled harvest. Only in a very few cases the farmer was; able to reap four shih of grain if he was fortunate enough to! own high land.
OF the regions fected the following villages suffered worst—Kaotengshih, Hsusheshih, Yangkanyshih, Chingchuanshih and 1 with Fangjiaoshih, Kwanlinshih, Yuanshanshang and hingshanshang coming next.
the villages of Chowtienshang, Tangtushiang, Huchash: Lanshihshaing, Chentungh: Chuanpvuhsiang, Chanshushih, Lulingshang. Tsunyyihsiang and WHochiaoshih also were flooded but comparatively speaking not so very badly.
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