Sept 25.
GranTED that no storm nor flood descend before the end of the month, the farmers' Mid-Autumn Festival at least should be a cheerful one. In most parts of China, we believe, the summer has been kindly, unusually so in the central provinees, and the rice and cotton harvest promises well. Already the crops are being cut in some districts and-with afew more days of fair weather, the yield should be good beyond all measure of recent years+ More and more it is for the farmers of
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