STORM IN KANSAS
WHEAT CROPS DAMAGED A SHORTAGE PREDICTED (Elcc. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.i (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! (Received June 21, 11 a.m.) NEW YORK, June 20. Winds of tornado intensity, with heavy rains and swollen streams, are destroying many acres of wheat and homes in south-east Kansas. The age is expected to exceed £IO,OCO. Leaders ou the Chicago Grain Exchange state that American farmers may expect high! prices for wheat this year, with exporting countries unable to meet the demand. Constant rains, floods, and a cold spring have retarded planting and cultivating, and unless perfect weather is experienced from now until after threshing, it is feared that the farmers will have very small crops for the market. W 7 hile farmers in certain territories may profit from higher prices, if is doubtful whether the industry as a whole will be benefitted.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16372, 21 June 1927, Page 5
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