The crop conditions in the Kuantung leased territory seem far worse than expected, says the "Manchuria Daily News." The continuous rains, lasting about ten days, since early this month caused the fields to be constantly soaked, and set the roots rotting. The sharper witted farmers harvested the crops on the first fine day, and made the best of it. The storm on the night of September 8, lasting till the following day wrought serious harm to the kaoliang and maize. Land slides, flooding, ete., occurred here and there. Vegetables were at places utterly ruined. Want of sunshine in the ripening season did much damage to the rice crop, apart from the injury of the subsequent storm. The extent of dat varies, but the shortage of the maize is put at 30
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