Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, December 06, 1956, Page 22, Image 22

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    THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Salem, Oregon, Thursday, December 6, 1956
Ike Will Hear
Harsh Talk in
Drought Zone
AM Too Little and Too
'Lille, View; Driest
In 700 Years
EVERY NITE EXCEPT SATURDAY NITE 'TIL 9 P.M.
OPEN
By ROBERT E. FORD
JMl-Aa rresiuuni
' hnwer plans to visit the Soulliwi:
In January and he'll sec farm
ranch drought scars no president
' ever witnessed.
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ijPajre Section 2
sts i zs tvi " r v yv i.r w w t i i v&.
nas 11 necn so ury in sialic iiidtt-o.
' He also may, when he stops to i
talk to larm leaders, una Diner- -i
ness aimed at the government, j
Some form experts claim feder-jj
Bi UriJUyilL IUIH-1 IIHJ 111:1:11 luu iky
tie and loo laic. And these ex
perls say President Eisenhower isJ
I coming too lale he should hnve;it
to see how brown the iclds were
. then when Ihcy should have beeil t?
1 r nn-nnnlnH TUIccniif olaln
J commissioner of sericulture,
one of the hitter ones. He said the
President will not learn much fly.
ins over Missouri.
"Of course, he might see1
green gnlt course and he inter
esled In Hint," said Carpenter.
Carpenter is anfiry because re-
quests for federal aid for Missouri
, have not brought the results he
thinks arc needed..
A survey of drought slates
The Associated Press today
brought other such reports
these:
Colorado: Situation worse in
some areas than the famous Dust
Bowl days of the 1930s. "Ths
- ,1 lit, n nnnnnR r
uiuukiii nd njii i-tiu iikc iiunui,
Stale Agriculture Department
official says.
Utah: Worst drought In 20 years
In soulhern half; snmc ranges de
scribed by Stale Agriculture De
partment officials as being "bare
as, a hardwood floor,"
.'Arizona: University of Arizona
scientists, inspecting tree rings,
find it one of the worst droughts
in 700 years; what grass can be
found is bleached white.
Kansas: Many fields too dry to
ow to wheat, and in many other
fields seed did not sprout.
New Mexico; Only a light
sprinkling of snow on the moun
tains, and ' reservoirs at all-time
low; plains brown and bare.
Oklahoma: High winds sapping
iurtace moisture and land so dry
It faces possible wind erosion
dust storms. Mnny trees dying.
Texas: Cold, dry winds sapping
what, little moisture fell in early
tall; all Texas' 254 counties ex
cept- five have been designated
drought disaster areas by the fed
eral government.
.' The cost of the drought has
been staggering. Take these ex- '
Ray Frcelnnd, secretary of the
Kansas Hoard of Agriculture, re
ports this year's corn crop is M,
J,000 bushels, compared-with a
10-year average of fil.1128.000. The
wheat crop Is 114,000,000 bushels
compared with a 10-year average
O1 202.B09.000. The grain sorj
harvest dropped fiom a 10-
average of . 30,32.1,000 bushels to ' if
21,M,000. lyf
.The Colorado Aprir-nlhn-n Tin.
pnrtnienl says Hie drought Is the
principal reason for a decline In
the stale's 'farm income from 003
,:iiin fi.inn.. I.. iii-.i i.. ife ...si
lion this year.
Texas Agriculture Secretary
.limn White estimates a loss to the y
slate's farmers bv di-iin-jlii :ii y.
billion In the last h
million Ibis year alone
in iniisi sillies l ie -n a -o some
local areas which have hud a for-;
lunate amount o( rainfall.
Rut the experts say it will lake ' 4T
lengthy rains possibly for years
lo restore subsoil moisture lo )fl
murh of the land. . fcf
- U'h.M 1. Il, .1..:....
' m t'l mill'lll llllllli;
to help?
It has extended credit, est an- V
.1.. . : I I. . ... IV
nsm-u me sou 11,-tnK, pioviiii'ti in- v
ennin tnv i-i.Yi.it ...l..-iHi-....i
HTn piircnnsrs noil allowed mil- js
roads to lower freiulit rales on )'i
feed. ij
The Kxpnrl-lmpiirt Hank also
h,s sought lo help will! a live- JJ
million-dollar loan in Mexico to if
nnrrliasn ,liclh,...-.,.l I.. ... .... J
' v viinii- in inc
nrouchl oi'ini. but Mm m,,,,,,,.,.
has had no erferl yet, l,
In addition. President I'isenhow- :
er signed into low last August a i '
bill which will allow ilio mein- J
meol to contiihiiie up to an per yfr
cent ol the cosl lor limners sellin-i r
up new land prm-iiees and i-nii v?
systems. It was such l.-uul pi-actiies 111
which whipped the Dust lm. '
What do formers v;mr vj
In various meetings willi ,V;ii- 1
culture l)el,U lllient lllllluils llleV ' !
have indicated i.,- warn nmiv V,
long-term creilil, t-reaier leed unit
hay subsidies Willi a siniplilicd
system ol uu-r;iliins, anil ii pussi. j
ble subsidy on Iced Ireijilil costs. l
' Rut ill Missouri, I'aipenler savs W
If federal drought aid lo Ibal Male 111
l delayed until January, tune of Lj
the President s planned visit, it w
Will he too late lo help. He said 1?
most farmers in southwest Mis- J
soiirl are out i:l leed now ami buv- A
Ins grain. They'll have to buy hay if
and roughage by Jan. I. ' 3
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