A-trip out through the country to the north and east of Kueiteh just now shows the autumn crops to be looking fine. At Mamub, on the Lunghai Railway especially, the kaoliang and millet are luxury lant, the former already being well over six fect in height, the cotton and hemp are both good also and the beans have got a very good start. There was a heavy storm here on June, 29 with hail. The kaoliang was bent down badly but has already regained its uprightness. The hail was bad in sections round Ucheng, especially north, and the crops badly hit but the damage was not extensive, the hail seeming to hit in patches. Flour has already dropped from 90 to 70 cash a catty and when these great crops of millet and kaoliang are secured food prices should go more down to normal.
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