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Show CHOPS DAMAGED BY LACK OFRAIHFALL ENTIRE WEST, WITH EXCEPTION OF TEXAS, SUFFERING FROM DROUGHT. Livestock Forced to Seek High Altl-tudes Altl-tudes Early in Season, but Feed Has Been Reported to be Ample. Unusually high temperatures for tills time or year together th( .S(..,n.Ily of water have rc-su 1 1 ,., 1(! present -rilicul sifuuliim r.,r erops and cattle In tlit; uoslern .slates, according to .1. Cecil A Her, inel erologist III charge of lliu Salt Lake offire of the United States weather bureau. Mr. Alter described de-scribed the present condition .Monday us follows : "June was except ionally dry over the western stales generally, excepting only on-ly in Texas iind parts of New Mexico. 'J'lie temperature was also abnormally high during 1 1 10 latter half of the month, and these conditions coupled with a shortage of snow for irrigation purposes in the mountains have brought ahout a rather acute drought situation, especially on the lower ranges, paslures, and dry land areas. Short crops of alfalfa hay are threatened threat-ened in many localities, anil are actually act-ually at hand in others, due to lack of water; and native hay Is not doing very well. There is already some concern con-cern as to the oullook for winter feed, and ruin must come in the not distant future to assure a growth on the open winter ranges. Livestock, especially sheep, huve gone in large numbers to the higher ranges earlier than usual, where feed and moisture have been 'ample. Hence the more mature animals ani-mals have put on flesh In a satisfactory satisfac-tory manner, and are In practically nil cases reported In good condition at the close of the mouth. Lambs have not done so well." |