Show dust bowl on rampage again but farmers still have hope NEBRASKA COLO i RADON KANS NEW i MEXICO M E X I 1 C 0 19 TEXAS DUST BOWL map shows how next years drouth area will ivill compare with last years a hoiu OW each compares the i st stricken area a few years ar 0 OKLAHOMA CITY light snows that broke the dust bowls complete drouth in december and january wont change the picture of next years crops say experts who have watched this phenomenon change from year to year in the past decade the snows came too late to save spring wheat crops and next years dust bowl will probably be about twice the size it was last summer department 0 of agriculture officials predict in some sections it is the greatest fall and winter drouth ever experienced and the governments anti drouth program is thus being alv 3 its supreme test Q ell be a lot of dry land next spra r p but soil conservationists have promised the dust bowlers that they expect a renewal of the horrible black blizzards that made life miserable in past years thanks to proper care more land has a cover of grass or stubble hence is less exposed to wind erosion precipitation figures for late fall months show the unhappy prospects in several states parts of kansas whose southwest corner lies in the dust bowls heart received less than en an inch of rain during september and october this was the highest on record all states in that vicinity suffered subnormal rainfall percentages cen included kansas 19 per cent montana 76 nebraska 30 north dakota 53 minnesota 50 wyoming 77 and iowa 37 per cent the tragic part of it is that winter wheat farmers whose crops for next y year ear are already blasted must now wait until next tall fall to plant their next crop meanwhile there is no source of livelihood outside of government aid both livestock live stock raisers and wheat farmers are suffering but the stockmen stoc kmen have a better chance in sections where feed crops were good despite grain crop failures last summer |