Since I last wrote we have had two good rains, one only two days ago and the wheat prospect is as fine as have seen it in several years. This should insure a good crop and the autumn grains generally planted and up.
The People are busy and earn high wages compared to what was being paid even two years ago.
The amount of building that has been. done is rather remarkable, and still goes on, although most of the buildings have straw roofs and are rather of a temporary kind. have never seen so much grain rushing away from "here as has gone during the past few months by boat, carts and barrows. 1 hear that there is a congestion of beans here for Pengpu, because boats fare zearee: this after hundreds of thousands of bushels were burned destroyed during the occupancy by the tufei.
There was. a plague among the chickens last fall and winter and so eggs are scarce and dear.
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