BLACK RUST IN WHEAT
WIDE AREA IN UNITED STATES.
CROPS REDUCED BY HALF
(United Press Association—Copyright) NEW YORK, July 25.
A message from St. Paul (Minnesota) says that black rust has shrouded the spring wheat belt so darkly that observers forecast a 50 per cent, reduction in the original estimate of 273,000,000 bushels from the greatgrain belt. The rust ran westward, from Minnesota through North and South Dakota, into Montana. Only a quick change from hot, humid weather could halt its spread.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 243, 27 July 1935, Page 5
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