Statewide Drought Affected Crops in July, 1925

State Crops Last Month Declined on Account of Drouth. . . Crop Reporting Service Finds That July Was Too Dry for Most Crops in All Parts of the State. . . Average Is Still Very Good. . . Despite Decline in Condition Some Crops in Better Shape Now Than They Were Last Year

Raleigh, Aug. 15 (AP)—Farmers of North Carolina were heavy sufferers from drought conditions in North Carolina during the month of July, a report issued last night by the crop reporting service of the federal and state departments of agriculture showed. Tobacco, corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes, hay, apples, pears, peaches and grape crops declined during the 30-day period, the loss to farmers running well over $10 million.

The drought conditions brought a number of crops to a condition less favorable than that on July 1st, but in some instances the average was still higher than that of 1924. The loss of the tobacco farmers alone was estimated at $9,288,000. T was estimated 36 million pounds had been ruined by the drought but the crop, based on the August 1st estimate of the crop reporting service, will be at least 18 million pounds more than last year, though 9.5 per cent less than the five-year average.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, August 15, 1925

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