STORMS IN AMERICA.
SEVERE DAMAGE TO ORCHARDS. By Cable —Press Association—Copyrrght. New York. April 2(5. The losses of fruit and vegetables in the United States through the storms and frosts are estimated at £0.000,000. Wheat and oats in the Western States also suffered. London, April 20. Reuter reports that in Atlanta and Georgie the destruction of the cotton belt was the most disastrous set-lhack since the Civil War. The cottonseed oil mills have been requested not to crush until farmers have been supplied with sullicient seed i for replanting. It is doubtful whether sufficient seed will be procured to sow half the area devastated. Orchards and gardens in the Mississippi Valley resembled a bivouacked army, owing to the wood, coal and straw fires burning throughout the night. Blankets and quilts are being used in thousands of cases to protect blossoming trees. Snow, saved the lowa strawberry beds 'and the cranJberiy crop* in the marahea are being saved by artificially flooding,' - '
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 375, 28 April 1910, Page 5
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160STORMS IN AMERICA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 375, 28 April 1910, Page 5
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