Over most of the U. S. the weather made front-page news last week. A violent storm in Maine washed away seedlings and demolished fruit trees. A deluge after long rains ruined much cotton around Augusta. Ga. A snowstorm whipped the Idaho highlands. A severe frost struck the district around Lancaster, Ohio. A hail storm near Marathon, Tex. pelted to death 1,000 sheep.
Greatest weather news of the week, however, was the torrential rains which fell upon the drought-parched North Central States. A 3-in. precipitation was estimated by college agronomists to be...
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