SEVERE DROUGHT.
BRITISH CROPS SUFFER. LONDON NEAR WATER FAMINE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, June 25. The prolonged drought threatens the farming industry with catastrophe. According to the report of the Ministry of Agriculture farm and garden crops are everywhere suffering immensely and some will certainly fail. The root crops are already ruined past redemption. Hay will be light, but cereals may be partly saved if abundant rain falls without delay. It is feared that most of the corn is alread” seriously damaged and that the straw must be short, while winter feed is likcJy to be scarce.
The worst sufferers are the fruitgrowers. Autumn fruit is dropping from trees in immense quantities. Berries are small and unlikely now to improve. The London water supply is running short and the capital is declared to be within measurable distance of a water famine. The chief engineer of the Water Board says the situation is most serious and is likely to become alarming. He is already utilising the autumn reserves. Pressure in the mains was reduced in May and the supply cut down at night-time. The weather forecast points to drier weather still.—United Service.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1921, Page 5
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191SEVERE DROUGHT. Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1921, Page 5
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