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Show Date,Sept, 9th 1920 REPORT OF FAMINE CONDITIONS Place, Region about Lintsing,Shantung, Crop Conditions. On a l l sides of Lintsing the f i e l d s are almost a ll brown, To the north for 25 l i there i s nothing to harvest Farther north about YU FANO- t h e r e was a looal rain and m i l l e t and corn will bring something, ^ i F ° t h ? @ a s t & r@Sion 40 l i wide* i s without crops. Ch ing Ping r e p o r t s local rains .nd 4/10 crop. Poa P ' i n g andCh1!!! P*ing have a 5/iO crop, * South and east about Tung Oh*ang Fu 5/10 i s re*3@rted. At T ang I Helen some g r a i n has s t a r t e d and with a rain now 2/lQ of a crop i s hoped for,but without i t none. h|rjpia£. At Tung E Helen 180 11 i m t h ^ M V ^ t O crop of kao-liangMi s reported,corn has not formed ears and t h e r e are no sweet-potatoes. South-west to Ch1lu Helen,110 l i , west to Gh'lng He ! L Hlft t5 H , f i t ? t ! 0 l i , n o r t h - w e s t to Hung taa Yuan,6011 ana Pai Yueh.UO Ufm crops a t all*1 i s the report. Leaves have already been stripped from the willow and a p r i c o t tree®.in some p l a c e s . Occasionally near the MM r i v e r or a well some vegetables have been grown, but no g r a i n i s available,and l i t t l e of green things. At Liang Chia Ch ien corn i s six inches t a l l , m i l l e t four or five and there has been both hail and a sourge of grass-hoppers during the summer. n***^ At the region surrounding Lintsing i t s e l f there has jUd not been one r a i n heavy enough to thoroughly soak the ground. Wheat planted l a s t f a l l brought no harvest in May One man r e p o r t s t h i s summers p l a n t i n g s as follows; A p r i l - three finger rain** - p l a n t e d cotton- some did not sprout, some grew 2 In May Mone finger rain* M beans Iprouted * m i l l e t Dried up T *> com n June- slight rain late m i l l e t Dried co rn * Julf w buck-wheat « t u r n i p s w The earth i s too dry now for p l a n t i n g winter wheat. Labor and Business m other years a tian without property and wording oy the day could earn 25 coppers.This amount would reea two persons. At the present time I t would not buy food for one. There i s l i t t l e demand for day labor and the chance to earn even enough for one i s taken away from many. t» i * x* - B o y s wh0 h a v e b e e n learning trades are sent bacic to t h e i r parents with no support. »«•-!*£ u Men *h° have c a r r i e d on small business enterp r i s e s , such as s e l l i n g vegetables free house to house.or 2 £ £ 5 e f t ? ! F WO*19* grain, could formerly earn the support for four or five persons. Mow they too hove no ch nee to earn , f o r most of such business i s stopoed. |