Show DUST STORMS SERIOUS MENACE SAYS BENNETT OF DEPT of 0 unusual interest to t all arid states Is tilia the lata flats now for the first time well presented per a re port made ly by director of csoll erosion it if bennert to 1 harold 0 ickes ot of the interior department and dealing directly with the whole sub eject but ut with special reference to tale bl big storm ot of may lith that swept from rom montana the dakotas und ort on aas terly in Washing iton tle the sun was obscure in midday and und showed the earth invisible at and feet this storm de posited in an important covering ot of dut ON 0 er an area 1000 miles besides beside the last ast quantity taken out over the ocean in ili 1012 1932 owing to no drouth conditions tills this well known soil waste beenke alarming in te teens cn april 30 1913 enough soil was waa blown from the red terrain of texas and oklahoma to give a distinct reddish color to the dark solla soils of iowa hut but the ithe bis big storms this year was of yellow particles besides these more important storms many minor lust movements have licen been studied as they are quito quite common as people of 13 still und other points in san juan well know because localism Lo calise of tile the dust that conict cinno from arizona lands rut but tor for two grain markets have referred to injuries suffered ly by wheat in kansas oklahoma texas and colorado and north in the spring wheat belt in the dutli dakota aa a al college way oth a professor says dust today maile it so warm warin nit ait four sible tn t see that there was anyone in tile the geology lecture room when the II 11 lights lits were turned olt air air says this ant storm dans danger er Is rapidly becoming serious it is direct result of oc clear ilo firing big lands permitting air to freely mix mis with the soil in many sections now the loss by wind erosion Is equal to 25 t to 0 rn 0 percent of the soils products pro ducth icv un fortunately the finer and tle tile best soil is most freely removed and is car ried fart farther lier while the coarse parti cles lif lvin litle immediate plant fond value tire are left in ili ridges or in ili nearby fields tills this report says that aro 1 in mil lion acres of farm lands haie been stripped of this top soil tills is well known in europe as in ic 1001 laist storms fram ahe Sali sahara fira desert and ami over there they call all then them dry ts fogs nit ir report con eludes gitil this sentence among amon oth ali ers tile the great dust storm that swept from central united states tar far out over the atlantic antle itty 11 is simply shadow of comiez events portentous of nt the alie certain development of large areas of essential desert thru own the alie in mentalities ot of unwise land tion no liann barin wis done the vas vast tarea area upon lil cli ch tile dust came to rest but the story is sadly dil dit Terent as it relates to t the areas from which this material came |