Large Areas of Cotton Crops Affected by Fighting Shanghai, Sept. 1, Braving customary Japanese shell Ing and. bombing, a number of Chic nese farmers have returned (0 their fields. in' Pootung, harvesting cotton land rice crops which are Feported to Srpass those of Fast year in quantity and quality 'A total of 1,000,000 mow of cotton crop Is according to Chinese reports, fected by. the military' operations round Shanghai. A. major proper: tion of the products, itis feared, will, be completely ruined.
'The area affected, it is. reported, covers Chuansha, Nanwel and' Fen hsien districts In Pootung and.' ching, Kating and Paoshan disteiets fu the lower Yangtze delta, whic fon the richest cotton growing Te: dion In Kiangsu provines. Although the' crops are tipe now, harvesting Jus been rendered impossible by the situation,
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