WHEAT THREATENED.
UNITED STATES FEARS DROUGHT VERY EARLY DUST STORMS. (United Press Association—Copyright.) NE WYORK, January 20. A drought, similar to that of 193436, which laid barren large section's of land and cost farmers thousands of millions of dollars, .is again spreading across the great plains from Texas to Canada, threatening the winter wheat crop, says the Washington correspondent of the New York “Herald-Trib-une.”
The expected snow and rain have not arrived and some sections which badly need moisture are being abandoned. Unusually early dust storms are adding to the suffering over a wide area, covering much of the central and southern great plains and extending eastward to the Rocky Mountains. It is feared that the Department of Agriculture may be compelled to abandon crop control and encourage further planting of wheat and maize.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 86, 21 January 1938, Page 5
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134WHEAT THREATENED. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 86, 21 January 1938, Page 5
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