Show FORAGE CROPS URGED BY U. U S. S WASHINGTON July 23 Iff Fur RI-Fur- Fur Further ther modification of ot the governments government's governments government's governments government's govern govern- ments ment's western soil conservation program to encourage emergency plantings of rf f forage crops and conserve conserve conservo con- con serve servo available forage as an offset against feed losses in drouth states w was announced today by the A A A A. Previous modifications applied to specified counties in North Dakota Montana and Wyoming They provIded provided provided pro pro- vided that farmers could plant emergency forage crops and harvest harvest harvest har har- vest nurse crops for tor hay without affecting their eligibility to participate participate participate pate In the conservation program The new modifications applied to these states and also to Anzona Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona Calil California Colorado Idaho Kansas Nevada New Mexico Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon Utah and md Washington They provide that crop land may mayse be se used for production of emergency forage crops such as a Sudan grasses spring grains sorghums or millets for or hay or p pasture ture without affectIng affecting affect affect- ing prior cl classification of this land under the program The modal modifications further provide that farmers in all aU states in the he I western region who have planted soil-conserving soil crops with a nurse I crop may may- now harvest the nurse crop for hay if they have nave a good stand of the soil conserving crop without affecting their eligibility for payments under the program More Heat Seen 4 For Corn Gorn Region CHICAGO July 23 23 Iff A P-A A spotty I weather map presaged more drouth- drouth aggravating heat beat in some sections of the corn belt today to test the fortitude of farmers already coun- coun ing their grain l losses in terms of ot millions of ot bushels Scattered local thundershowers rs with no immediate prospect CJ of general general general gen gen- eral relief were predicted by Forecaster Forecaster Forecaster Fore Fore- caster J. J R. R Lloyd at Chicago Members of the western trunk lines Jines committee in regular session at C Chicago undertook consideration of requested freight rate reductions on livestock and feed by railroads servIng states affected by the drouth Wallace Tours Secretary of Agriculture Henry A A. Wallace began a tour of the corn belt after discussing in a a. speech ch chat at Kansas City last night a four four- our our- point program he believed could be used to battle the farm menace of drouth Wallace Vallace speaking before th the International International International In In- Baby Chick association termed a time long soil conservation program as a fundamental safeguard safeguard safeguard safe safe- guard against drouth and said other powers which might be most useful were 1 Judicious commodity loans especially in years Q of excessive excessive sive supplies 2 the norma normal ever granary 13 3 3 crop insurance an and nd 4 government purchase of land which definitely should never have been plowed Wallaces Wallace's trip by motor car was W 3 to take him through northwestern Missouri into Iowa and Illinois Ruin Within Week In Nebraska where temperatures generally exceeded yesterday and ranged up to at Ainsworth Crop Statistician A. A E E. Anderson said corn could not withstand more than another rain rainless less week Charles Chares D. D Reed Iowa meteorologist meteorologist meteorologist gist estimated the corn yield expectation expectation expectation tation in that state had been re reduced reduced reduced re- re by to million bushels Local thundershowers were fore fore- cas cast t. t Rising temperatures after alter two days in which light scattered rains held hed down the mercury were indicated indi- indi in Oklahoma where a national national national na na- na- na emergency council survey estimated an SO SQ per cent loss in corn |