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...show his concern, President Jimmy Carter detoured from a fund-raising trip to Texas and Kentucky to fly to the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Len Range, 40 miles north of Dallas. Their sorghum fields have dropped more than 90% and the Ranges may have suffered a crop loss of $100,000. The President said the Government is trying to do everything it can, adding, "We'll be praying for rain and cooler weather in the future...
...Georgia, state agricultural experts calculated that the total crop loss thus far is about $450 million. Corn, which does not pollinate in triple-digit heat, is hardest hit; but soybeans, hay, fruits and vegetables, tobacco and peanuts are also being badly damaged. Marshall Spray, an Augusta game-bird farmer, has lost more than 25,000 quail since the onset of the heat wave. Said he: "If somebody doesn't help me, I'm out of business...
Arkansas state officials estimate that 25% to 50% of the soybean crop in that state has already been lost, with yields down as much as 64%. Milo or grain sorghum harvests suffered a 30% to 50% loss. Arkansas dairy farmers reported milk production drops of about 20% because of the heat. And despite George Gershwin's famous song, this summertime the fish are not jumping. Jim Malone of Lonoke, Ark., said that 1.3 million gal. of water evaporated daily from his pond once the temperature hit 100°. He had to pay $5,000 to pump in fresh water...
Cattlemen in Kansas and Missouri are selling off their herds because of burnt pastures and a shortage of feed. Farther north, the Dakotas and eastern Montana have been enduring a drought for almost a year. In Montana, range lands were devastated, and crop losses were estimated at up to 90%. Worst off: winter and spring wheat, barley, oats...
Well, when Jimmy Arias was nine and 10 we knew he was good, the class of his crop of little monsters, but he was still just that, a little monster. One tyke who had the misfortune to face Arias several times in those early days told me over a tennis camp lunch once, "He's great. He's the best. He's also an asshole, and I bet he gets screwed...