CROPS IN AMERICA
BAD WEATHER IN STATES
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) WASHINGTON, 2nd September.
The Agricultural Department reports that unfavourable weather conditions in recent veeks have seriously retarded .niuny crops. Bain has rotted potatoes in some sections, hampered the maturity of corn, flooded lowland, cotton fields, and drenched the soil. It has also prevented farmers ploughing their land for winter wheat crops. Potatoes are doing well in the north-east, but in the middle Atlantic States and Ohio Valley rain has caused wet rot. Too much moisture has also damaged late tomato crops. The only crops benefited by the rains are tobacco and corn, but the latter has now had sufficient moisture, and needs dry, warm weather to hasten maturity. Sugar-cane in the South and sugar-beets in the West are reported to be in excellent condition, and a big production of them is forecasted.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 57, 4 September 1926, Page 9
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142CROPS IN AMERICA Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 57, 4 September 1926, Page 9
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