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Show Floods Cause Corn Loss of 10 Per Cent Chicago A 10 per cent corn loss due to excess rain and flood conditions was estimated Tuesday by the American farm bureau federation after a survey which showed general damage in the midwest. The damage reported included in-cluded molding and rotting of corn, damage to small grain shock and delay de-lay in fall plowing and delay in harvest. har-vest. Reports indicate that 10 per cent less winter wheat has been planted plant-ed in the central states than last year. Delayed plowing, due to wet weather, is responsible, the surety showed. |