STORMS FLATTEN HARVEST
Tlecei ved Vlondav, 7 p.m. LOXDOX, July 28. Hritain's harvest will be oue. of tlie most diHieult for inany years as the resuit of acres of wheat, barley and oats neiiig tlatteued by weekend stonus and liigli wiiul for days at times. The damaged erojis in tnany areas will have to i»e cut by hand, nieaning a large peiventage niay nut be liarvested owing to lack of llibour. Farniers are urging that Army voluuteers and vehieles be co-oj)ted. The Daily Wnil says many thousands of acres of Fngland's graiu Ixdt are still under water. Coiigregations in niaiiy rural areas today jirayed for dry weather for the next few davs. The inhabitants of the SutTolk village of Flixton, turned out and reseued u thousaiul (Mttle wltich were jsolated wlien tlie Waveney Kiver bursl jts banks.
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Chronicle (Levin), 30 July 1946, Page 5
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137STORMS FLATTEN HARVEST Chronicle (Levin), 30 July 1946, Page 5
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