The Washington times., 1930-08-20
HIT
BY NEW HEAT
ONSLAUGHT
No Relief In Sight For Cotton;
Drought Board to Convene
Monday on 5 Big Problems

While q new heat wave swept
the southwestern corner Of the
nation, the u. 8. Weather Bureau
today reported the drought had
been broken in many sur-baked
sections, although extensive areas
are largely unrelieved."
In its weekly summary of crop
conditions, the bureau reported
that the small grain crop was
being harvested successfully, de-
spite the drought, that deteriora-
tion Of the corn crop had been
checked but that heat and lack
Of rain were damaging the cotton
crop. The report, on the whole,
was more favorable than that Of
last week, issued before there was
any break in the widespread
drought conditions.
10H In Abilene
The heat wave in the south
west was serious, IL reported, with
temperatures ranging yesterday
from 1O2 In Shreveport, La, to
lO6 at Abilene, Texas, with little
relief In sight during the next
few days.
President Hoover meanwhile
summoned his newly created Fed
eral drought committee to the
White House for Q conference this
afternoon.
The Weather Bureaus crop re-
port was rather encouraging to
Federal officials. It read:
Rains Helped
Moderate 10 heavy showers
occurred during the week over
large areas Of more dfOughty
sections Of the country brought
relief to many localities, espe-
clAlIy I'm reviving pasture lands
and improving late truck crops
and gardens where they were
mot too far gone, I'm replenish-
Ing stock water, and In some
areas benefitting corn. The
soil I'm many places has become
sufficiently moist for the re
sumption 0f plOwinE especially
i'm much Of the Western wheat
belt"
In reporting extensive areas
largely unrelieved." the Bureau
included most Of Ohio, New York,
Michigan, Minnesota, much Of
Montana, extreme Western Ten
nesSee, Southern Arkansas and
Northern Louisiana and most Of
Oklahoma and Texas. The Blu
reau added:
I'm these sections crops con-
tinued to deteriOrate, but i'm the
Middle Atlantic area there was
some relief by light, local show.
ers and much cooler weather"
Mountain FAN Heavy
The Rocky Mountain area, the
report stated, has been very for
tunate in getting more than
abundant rains" while the rest
of the nation was bliStering. In
fact, the bureau stated, the rain
fall in some sections Of the Rocky
Mountain area exceeds that for
the wetteSt August Of record"
In the sections where rains broke
the drought, it was stated that
more rain is necessary to restore
the soil to its natural condition.
The cotton phase Of the bu-
reau's report attracted attention.
It stated:
Cotton continued fairly good
In most Of the southern third,
but is poOr to only fair in
the northern twO-thirds, with
increasing complaints Of small
plants and bOlIS, heavy she'd
ding, premature opening and
top blooming In dry sections.
Oklahoma has had NO ma
terial relief from the drought
and cotton shows further de-
teFiOratiOn, upland cotton Is
poor to very poor. In Arkan-
sas there was considerable local
rainfall and progress was good
on most lowlands but deteriOra.
tiOn reported from other places,
with rapid shedding In the
hills"
Five Big Problems
The Hyde committee and State
organizations viii have five major
problems to meet. They are:
Providing credit facilities for.
carrying farmers in the devas-
tated areas through this season
and through next years planting.
To feed livestock now and
through next witner in the bar
ran SActiNnE
To prevent profiteering on
foodstuffs throughout the ma
ton.
To furnish supplies to indi.
vidual farmers, whose entire
crops were destroyed.
TO check and prevent unen-
ploynent in devastated States.
The entire committee probably
will hold its first formal session
next Monday.