Washington, Sept, 17.
The United States to-day looked to Central Asia for a solution of future drought problems.
Mr. Henry A. Wallace, Secretary lot Agriculture, announced this morning that the Administration is sending an expedition to China and Centra Asia to, search for pasture [grasses that will resist all drony "The expedition will be led Professor Nicholas Roerich, an inter~ nationally recognized authority on the Far East, and will include his son, Mr. George Roerich, also an expert on Central Asia, and Mr. H. G. [MacMillan and Mr, J. 1 Stephens, ofciats of the Bureau of Plant Me [dustry of the Department culture, who are trained in the study fof American grasses.
in the recent mid-western drought crisis, millions of starving cattle and [Sheep hed to be bought and slaughtered by the Government because there Sas no hope of feeding them then or In the near future. The introduction of a "drought proof" grass would do much to prevent -the repetition of Such a large-scale disaster, Mr. Wal-the expedition, Wallace said) "On the edge of The Gobi Desert in Central Asia are {reat pasture lands where the sum (her temperatures often ro above 100 {Togrees trid. the winter temperatures more than 40 degrees below 2er0.
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