The worst drought in the United states since 1894, accompanied by companion evils of dust storms and insects, is devastating the middle west and causing crop losses of wheat and other farm products at a rate of more than a million bushels daily.
The Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Henry A. Wallace, was authority for the statement that the drought was the worst experienced in the United States for 40 years.
Drought and dust storms are causing American formers in the mid. dle West an estimated daily loss of $2,000,000.
The dust cloud extends over an area 1,50) miles in length and 1,000 miles in breadth.
The drought apparently has not affected the beet sugar crop in the Rocky Mountain region, according to reports from Denver. 'Recent rains aided the crop but.the skies have cleared again and more rain or irrigation is needed within the text several weeks, The present crop prospects are good, however.—Reuter and United Press.'
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