| Show wallace takes off of f restriction on spring wheat new drouth threat brings fear of Shor shortage taZe in midwest areas fearing a wheat shortage if another drouth already threatened occurs secretary wallace barcli announced removal of 0 all restrictions on plantings planting ot of spring wheat this action followed quickly after the years first crop report showing that farmers intend to plant acres of 0 spring wheat as aa compared with the 18 acres planted in 1934 drouth continues the drouth quite definitely definite lyl continues in of the west I 1 wallace said adding that a survey of the situation led the administration to the conviction that in view of the possibility of another drouth which would seriously affect the output of wheat tha government and farmers have a duty to protect consumers against a wheat shortage the secretary estimated that farmers will plan an additional to acres as a ieula e alt of the recent action and would harvest between and bushels more spring wheat is normally about one fourth fourt i ot of the total wheat crop any surplus of wheat which may accumulate will be taken care of by the ever normal german plan or the storing of 0 reserves to be held against lean years he imald areas listed drouth conditions are reported prevalent in the western parts of north and south dakota debras ka ica kensas oklahoma tho the texas panhandle arid and the eastern portions of colorado wyoming and montana the secretary said tills area is approximately the same tos that in which the dry siege ca caused s heaviest damage to crops last year wallace cited low precipitation figures figured to illustrate the continued severity of the dry spell secretary wallace said that while wheat supplies had been reduced to about normal none ot of the factors which contributed to t the ne 1933 surplus such as the loss of foreign maikels maik ets had been removed |
