CHEATING DROUGHT
ROOSEVELT PROGRAMME
TURNING TO TREES
WASHINGTON, June 30. President Roosevelt proposes, as an anti-drought measure, the planting of a shelter belt of trees, 100 miles wide, stretching across the United States from Canada-to Mexico.: ■■•.-
This gigantic scheme, which will require twelVe years' work, and will cost 75,000,000 dollars, aims at preventing the winds stripping furm lands oi! their choices!; JsoiKrU''; ''-■"■■'.■ "■ •■. ■ ./: Experts agree that unless something is done the conditions may rapidly become much worse.
There is nothing new about duststorms, but with bettor and more extensive tillage, and the entire country coming 'under crops ; they have resulted in damage which is likely to become more serious each year unless a solution is found.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 13, 16 July 1934, Page 9
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115CHEATING DROUGHT Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 13, 16 July 1934, Page 9
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