ros Our Oww Comesroxnest Chowtsun, June 22.
The wheat harvest in this area has been below normal, and through lack of rain in May and June, the prospects for the autumn crops are ess hopeful. The first crop of pota~ toes shows a great many small ones, The silk worm industry has, owing to the cost of mulberry leaves and the low price obtained for the cocoons, been something rather like a loss to many people this season.
'Owing to the strong backing' of General Han the number of Moral Reform Societies in Shantung (Chin Te Hui) is on the increase, Tt is planned that each hsien district shall have one of these societies. A small annual subscription is invited, and the membership card issued is very similar to that used by the YMCA.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.