Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-06
SHOWERS TO BRING
TEMPORARY RELIEF
Government Agencies Bend
Effort to Task of Aiding
Stricken Nation.
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system supplying suburban Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties with about
2,500,000 gallons of water daily, the
pressure in the mains OF the Washing
ton Suburban Sanitary Commission,
which serves that area, was kept hlgh
Yesterday, according to Harry r. Hal,
deputy chief engineer.
The Maryland system drew about a
million gallons of water through the
Chevy Chase connection and ABOUT
$50, 900 gallons through both the Silver
Spring and Mount Rainier connections
yesterday. Mr.. Hall said.
All of Takoma Park and that portion
of Silver Spring south of Sligo avenue
is now served by District water the
engineer declared.
The Sanitary Commission believes
their problem is now satisfactorily
solved and anticipate no further all
ficulties unless the District nnds IL
necessary to curtail the supply 1t Is
now furnishing Maryland.
Feed Grain May Be Saved.
One ray of hope came from prelimi-
nary observations of the Department
of Agriculture, which held that II Au-
gust and September produce norman
rainfall feed grain crops may De mar
vested in fair quantities.
These would be better than average
in New England and the Southeast,
average in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
south Dakota and Nebraska. The yieios
of Texas, Oklahoma. Kansas and parts
of Colorado and New Mexico would De
little below average, while four-nttns
of the grains might be saved even now
in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri,
Arkansas and Alabama. A three 1ourtns
yield would result in the strip ooroerlng
the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers 10 ttie
Gulf.
1t was a big off," however, that gov
erned the hopes as the Weather Bu-
reau experts still sought in vain LOT
signs of real relief ahead. The river
regions presented the worst case. Even
the possible three-fourths crop in Ken
lucky. Ohio, Illinois, Indiana ana MIS-
souri, would force farmers to sell tnelr
live stock at costly sacrifice or pur-
chase feed on credit. .,...
Reports from the Valley OF virginia
tell Of conditions equaled only, APP
narently. in the most arid sections oil
the drought belt. Millions OF dollars
represent only a part OF the loss 10
farmers.
Conditions Alarming.
posed IN observations in Virginia
and west virginia during motor TRIP
last week end, William F. Scnllimg;;
dairy representative of the Fedeiai
Farm Board, said that drought conoi-
tions in these two States are FeaAV
alarming. IN. s,,c+;o,,
already showed a serious decrease, ana
that a milk shortage especially IN Guy
areas was not at all unlikely.
IT found farmers trying 10 sen LIen
cattle and sheep at almost any price,
he said. Pastures are burned up, anu
even early rains will not revive them
enough to help much. Apples In some
sections are falling from the trees anu
are not filling out Garden crops OF an
sorts are shriveling In the intense neat
he added. ..,,.,
of others in the State, is facing olsaS-
trous situation. With temperatures LU4
and over, and no relief In Signt, cattle
raisers and dairymen already nave losC
more than 5000, 900 due to the shortage
in the milk supply and the necessity Oh
buying feed at high price.
The corn crop was said to be totaI
failure. Vegetation is gone ano Ine
apple crop, a leading industry, y oIily
half the usual amount. Streams nave
dried up in many sections and cattle
are being driven miles 1or WateF'
Face Milk Shortage.
Not only does the drought AFFECT the
farmers but the merchants and otner
business men, whose chief source OF
trade Is the rural population.
Fairfax County, the leading dairy
county of Virginia, faces serious
shortage In milk production unless
soaking rains come early. usually
| deep-running creeks are drying up or
are reduced to few soggy mud hoies.
Pastures are almost bare. In many
localities the corn crop will be a total
failure and fruit trees are sunerlng
severely from the drought.
Gov. Sampson, in the telegram 10 the
President, declared the drought Situa-
| ton already Is taking heavy toll from
Kentucky cattle raisers and farmers
generally.
MANY fine herds of cattle and sheep
are being shipped to glutted market
where they bring 10 per cent Of value
because owners feel they cannot afford
to buy feed" he telegraphed, land this
will make scarce good live stock for sue
| ceeding years and materially retard
| agricultural progress; prize dairy herds
| are likewise passing"
Even in San Francisco, cattle receipts
| at the market were made up Of Gull
| dairy cows, sold for lack of feed. How
ever. the Agriculture Department says
/ the principal markets as yet report no
| forcing Of cattle except In isolated cir
cumstances.