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Show io mm WHEAT Winter Crop Damaged by Drought; Patriotic Citizens Citi-zens Come to Rescue. OMA HA. .h Mavdi L"v Two hundred farmers, hankers, member of the omaha grain exchange, .soil experts, railrond representatives and representatives of the I'niveisity of Nebraska at a nieetine here late today appointed a commit lee to secure se-cure and furnish at oivp to farmers sufficient suf-ficient wheat to re-seed damaged winter wheat fields in the sititn. Report? from winter wheat sections indicated 7.". pr eent of winter wheat fields in Ihc southern south-ern half of the state has been damaged by drought lo such an extent that farmers farm-ers were plowing up the wheat and, unable un-able to secure seed wheat, now in t ne fields to oats and hat ley. Arrangements wore made with railroads for prompt shipment here of wheat from M inneapolis n nd other cit ie where seed wheat Is available. The wheat will he sold to farmers at cos.1 , which is said to be per bushel. K. S. U'estbroolte was instructed to s.o to Minneapolis as the rep resen tat ire of t lie Omaha grain exchange and make necessary purchases of wheat. Prank I,. I l:i!ler. recent of the 1 niver-slty niver-slty of Nebraska, chairman of I lie meet-Ins, meet-Ins, said: "The situation in Nehru sit a is very serious. se-rious. Winter wheat lias been greatly damaged. 'We are urging farmers, as the part of patriotism, tn re-seed their fields to spring wheat, nnd not to barley or oats, for if this country should become involved in w;tr the nation would need all the breadstuff? farmers could produce." President Onslafson, of the Nebraska Farmers' Alliance, said farmers vmM willingly will-ingly re-seed fields to spring wheat if assured of seed. A r ommii tee of the Omaha grain exchange lonisht telegraphed tele-graphed or telephoned agents in all sec-lions sec-lions of the state announcing ample sup ply i f seed wheat would be available in Oma lia wit h in three days. Farmers were advise,! apainst sowing spring u heat hi ler t ban the tlrst week in April. |