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Kashing, Aug. 4, With water: level falling and the thermometer rising, the farmers are Ona trip. places who over: many rice fi there the farmers hed hastily con structed dykes along the edge of the streants, often mot more. than six inches higher than the current. Some had buffaloes, others foot. trend pumps or rather endless chains of thin wooden blades pushing the water up through long inclined Troughs out of their folds into the canals. Occasionally, erade all motors were connected with several such "Hisui Ch'e," expelling remarkably large streams of water. For the aniount of power applied, no valve pump seems to conipare with these rude, simple but effective Estimates as to damage vary. Higher ground may suiter 10 to 20 per cent, low lands from 50. per Cent, to 8 total loss, All such estimates are subject to later con-
Even old residents of China are amazed at the recuperative capacity
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