Washington, Aug. 11 Presence of a serious drought in a large section of the United States was announced to-day by the Department of Agriculture.
"The continued absence of effective rainfall in the Great Plains area, from northern Texas northward, has resulted in a rather serious drought condition in practically the entire section," the Department reported. are especially bad in the Western plains, from western Oklahoma and northeastern New Mexico northward," the report continued.
Moisture conditions in the Mississippi valley, the Department revealed, have been decidedly variable, and rain is needed in many sections.
Although the wheat crop in the area has already been harvested, the dryness may seriously affect the corn crop in some sections of the west—
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