Buckeye Valley News And Buckeye Review

DROUTH:
Strikes in Mid-West
Because of an atmospheric quirk, parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and almost all of Michigan have suffered from a severe drouth, with heavy rainfall needed to prevent major corn, pasture and truck crop failures.
As explained by the weather bureau, a low pressure trough exists in a north-south direction in the Great Plains states. Normally, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico would pass into this channel, to be distributed to the eastward. During the last six weeks, however, a strong northerly wind has been blowing in to block the moist air.
Outside of this area, there has been heavy rainfall, especially in the East, the Great Plains states and parts of Iowa and Illinois. To the east and west of the affected air trough, southerly winds are bearing moisture from the gulf.
Corn in the drouth area already has suffered a 10 to 20 per cent loss; seeding of clover and alfalfa in stubble has been retarded, and tomato blossoms are blasting and falling off vines.