Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-01-11 | Page 3 | Blizzard will Save Much Winter Wheat

BLIZZARD WILL SAVE MUCH WINTER .WHEAT CHICAGO. Jan. 10. The big blizzard now centered over Texas and due in the central west tonight will save million of dollars' worth of winter wheal, weather bureau officials predicted today. The storm, with accompanying zero temperature, is being preceded by a heavy snowfall which not only will protect the wheat from freezing, but will provide needed moisture to many sections of Kansas Kan-sas and Nebraska, where there was re-j re-j ported a seven-inch snowfall. Grain exports, following the last government gov-ernment report showing the treaiest vi litter li-tter wheat acreage and the poorest con-j con-j u it ion in hilorv, declared t ha t hea vy I snowfalls probably would give the coun-! coun-! try a. high record winter wheat, crop.