SEVERE CROP LOSSES
Received Sunday, 7 p.m. LONDON, August 18. Farmers of East Anglia, one of England's great eereal growing areas, received the worst blow of the season when torrential rain fell last night^and today a National Faripers Union official said: "Whatever happened it is certain much wheat has been lost. Heavy rain and a high wind flattened the crops ov§r hundreds of acres. " All harvesting in Suffolk is at a standstill. Many wheatfields are flooded or so sodden it is impossible for men and machines to eqter them. Many farming implements are bogged down. Reports from south Devon show many fields of oats and barley flattened but wheat withstood the storma better. Larvesting has begun ortly dn ttie inost meltei'fell faftiis.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1946, Page 5
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