Wheat was planted too late this autumn to insure good prospects for a crop. It would appear that the farmers were led astray by ad libering to the Lunar calendar. will be remembered that this year there was an intercalary month, there having been two sixth months, and when the time, according to the old calendar came for planting wheat "it was actually much later than the correct date. In addition to late planting, the weather has been very dry, so that the growth is very backward, Unless conditions keep favourable with a good deal of moisture soon, the hopes for a good harvest next May can hardly be realized. The prices for commodities have kept sur= prisingly low, but this is explained by the necessity for placing them on the market to meet the ever recurring demands for money.
Footbinding Continued:
At a village named Wulungkow (Mouth of Five Dragons) where the Ch'in River leaves the moune a three-day fair was held lat "We are informed that: the magistrate of the district had made it. clear to the people that they might resume idol worship if they cared to do 80. He also sent a body of armed troops to guard the fair from surprise visits of bandits from the hills, We hope this does not mean the beginning of a retrogres~ sion to all ghe old evil customs, such as foot-binding. A Chinese friend estimates that about fifty per: conte of the mothers in this region are sull subjecting their little girls to this horrible torture, There's a Columbia Jor Everyone}
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