Evening star., 1936-06-26
DROUGHT TOCHECK
EXPORT Of WHEAT.
StatistiCians See Reduced
Crop Only Enough for
Domestic Needs.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 26.-Drought, un-
abated yesterday in the stricken
Spring wheat belt, has virtually cut
down whatever hopes America held
Of returning to an export basis for
the grain this year, leading trade
statisticians asserted.
While a sprinkle - barely a dust
settler-fell in scattered parts Of the
arid territory, crop authorities here
agreed there was little likelihood now
of realization of the forecast sew
eral months ago by Secretary of Ag-
riculture Henry Wallace that July
might see this country back in its his
toric role of wheat exporter.
"Our chance is gone" commented
B. w. Snow, former Assistant Sec
retary of Agriculture, and Nat c. Muir
ray, widely-known private crop FORE
caster, nodded general agreement.
Cooler Weather Beneficial.
Snow pointed out that his latest
estimates figure Spring wheat crop
of only 150,0OO,OOO bushels, which,
with Winter wheat expectations of
500000,000 bushels, would just about
meet domestic requirements.
Cooler weather offered some alle-
Walton for the sorely beset areas Of
the Dakotas and adjacent States. into
which the crop-consuming drought
has spread.
Weather Bureau Offices here said
temperatures generally in the Dos had
replaced those which reached unoffi-
cially as high as ITO degrees in North
Dakota. But while skies clouded in
Northern Illinois and the general fore
cast for the North Central States
indicated showers, there were none in
sight for the Dakotas. Farther West,
however, thunderstorms were forecast
for Montana and Wyoming, sections
of which have been badly burned.
Wyoming Failures Reported.
A late report from Wyoming by
State-F Federal Crop Statistician George
Knutson said crops were a total fail
ure in drought areas, except where
irrigation water was available. Other
5000 head of cattle had been ship
ped out of districts lacking feed and
that 400 additional carloads of stock
would move out by Saturday.
In North Dakota, Gov. Walter We'll
ford reported on the S50000,000 to
S1O0, 100000 drought aid program
drafted this week in Washington.
Meanwhile, farmers in several States
prepared for war on another crop
destroyer, grasshoppers. In Iowa calls
for poison bran mounted after re-
ports of a migration of great horde
of the insects eastward over Nebraska.
but no reports of their alighting were
received.
Apparently they came down over
a large area" said H. c. Aaberg,
assistant Iowa secretary of agricul-
ture, "and since there were large
numbers of the pests already present
the influx hasn't been noticed"
Northern Illinois and Southern Wis
consin planters also were making
ready to fight the insects with poison.
Praises Federal Officials.
Gov. Wexford told the Bismarck
conference on North Dakota's pre-
dicament from the drought that
spirit of cooperative feeling" pre-
vailed among Federal officials to
whom he had outlined the States
needs. The Governor said that in
once again seeking Federal aid, North
Dakota authorities acted only from
necessity and rather than permit
our farmers and town people to do
without the necessities of life"
Several delegates from the counties
commented that crop prospects are
poorer even than at any corresponding
date in previous years" They brought
estimates Of county resources and re-
quirements in order to map out with
State officials comprehensive pro-
gram of relief.