Word: drought
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Drought 1936. Unique is the Drought of 1936. Early this month the Weather Bureau found that less rain fell and higher temperatures were registered than ever before in the upper tier of Plains States. But, largely because the Drought came later in the season, crop prospects as a whole are brighter than in 1934. Pastures are in worse condition in many sections, but the livestock situation is not nearly so desperate,as two years ago, because there are fewer beasts to feed and water. Spot corn last week sold at $1.37 a bushel in Chicago, a 16-year high...
Farmers in the Drought area last week could be thankful that this is a campaign year. Next week both Democratic and Republican Presidential nominees will join to give the farmers' plight their best attention when they meet at Des Moines...
Thus snorted handsome, Harvard-bred John H. Baker, the banker-trained executive-director of the National Association of Audubon Societies when, last fortnight, the U. S. Biological Survey announced through President Roosevelt that this year, like last, there will be a 30-day open season for duckshooting. Using the Drought as his prime argument, Director Baker had been trying to have duckshooting suspended entirely until the birds can breed up to their oldtime numbers. Using reports from its field agents as evidence, the Survey had concluded that while U. S. breeding areas were affected, Drought had not touched the ducks...
While the Drought sent commodity prices up to new highs for the year, last week's gains in industrial production, retail sales, construction, brought U. S. industry abreast of trade conditions...
Corn, a humble U. S. crop that usually stays on the farm to feed hogs, cattle and chickens, had its day last week. What had been expected to be one of the greatest corn yields in history had shriveled under Drought...