Victorian wheat farmers are facing jone of the worst droughts in the history of the State. The past two winters have been exceptionally dry, and the failure of spring rains has resulted in the total loss of crops in. many areas and a poor harvest in others.
Until recently the drought extended lover a large part of New South Wales. Sydney was threatened with failure of the metropolitan. water supply, and in the Riverina stock was dying on the dried up pastures, There splendid rains have relieved the position at the eleventh hour, but jin the Victorian wheatlands rain'now would be too late to be of any use.
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