From Changchun came word that} relief parties were being despatched an effort to curb the spread epidemics. A report stated that over 250 cases of dysentery had appeared In Chinchow as a result of the floods. Subscriptions for a relief fund were received, though these so far, were small compared to the amounts collected for the campaigns in China.
The Importance of the annual cran ig frequently Jost sight of os more exciting ems All the press. Averag-Ing about 60 per cent. of the world's production of this useful crop, soya beans account for over half of Manchoukuo's export trade, In this country where nearly nine out of every ten of the population are of the farming class, over 40 kinds of ps are raised, but Ave. staples—deans, millet, Kaoliang, maize and ywheat_iake up three-quarters of the About 15 per cent, of the total area of the country or say 44 per cent, of the estimated cultivatable land was worked last year, The crop estimate which forecast a slight increase over the amounts Earvested last year, stil falls far short of the totals for 1931. Disastrous floods in 1933 and 1994, wide-spread banditry following the overthrow of the Northeastern Government, drop in the price of agricultural products with the rise in the price of silver, rise in wages and ack' of farm labour due to distur-ances in the country and to the rear demand for labour in extensive railway building and other construction al activities, and financing dimeulties nad all contributed. to the reduction of crops since 193i.
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