Evening star. [volume], September 05, 1947, Page B-16, Image 45

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Frost Data Is Studied
To Estimate Possible
Corn Crop Damage
Government crop and weather ex
perts are busy these days scanning
records to determine the chances of
an early frost in the corn belt.
Agriculture Department experts
will make known next Wednesday
just what proportion of the Nation’s
com crop is in danger of damage
if frost occurs at average dates.
The com crop has been beset by
difficulties since the beginning of
the season. First there was late
planting caused by a delayed spring,
then damaging floods and later long
dry spells. Looming just over the
horizon is the threat of frost.
Chances Estimated.
From statistics supplied by
weather stations in various States,
the bureau here has arrived at some
conclusions on chances of frost on
or before September 24.
In Ohio, the chances are roughly
one in 10 years of a killing frost on
that date, according to a bureau
climatologist. Other areas are:
Indiana, one in 20 years; Southern
Iowa, slightly more than one in 10;
Northern Iowa, better than one in
5; Northern Illinois, one in 10;
Southern Illinois, one in 50; North
ern Kansas, one in 10, and Southern
Kansas, one in 50.
John F. Krey, chairman of the
American Meat Institute, estimated
in a speech in Chicago yesterday the
next 15 to 20 days “can bring double
disaster” if an early frost hits the
corn belt. He said one-third to
half of the crop in 12 States was
in danger of frost damage if it
firrnrs nt avprapp
Average Dates Listed.
At the Agriculture Department, a
crop expert listed these dates for
average frost in corn-producing
States:
Iowa, October 2 to 9: Ohio, Octo
ber 15 to 18; Indiana, October 12-16;
Illinois, Octobe.- x.-'x.^; Kansas,
Octobc - : - ; aicky, October
20; Mis , October 15-23; Ne
braska, >_.cr o-6; Minnesota,
September 22-October 3; Michigan,
September 28-October 13; Wisconsin,
September 26-October 13, and South
Dakota, September 24-October 3.
The climatologist pointed out
that killing frost usually occurs when
the thermometer reaches 32 degrees
for several hours and the ground
temperature drops at the same time
to around 28 degrees for as little as
one hour.
Damage May Be Heavy.
The 32-degree figure is based on
a reading in a shelter placed about
4 feet above the ground, he said.
Mr. Krey declared, in his address,
that a “major catastrophe” was
striking the United States and a
hungry world because of sharp re
ductions in corn prospects, and he
warned that “damage from frost is
yet to come and may be extremely
heavy.”
Meat production will drop, he said,
and “both farmers and meat pack
ers will be blamed more than ever
for high meat prices and reduced
supplies of meat in retail meat
stores.”
Ceylon Increases Output
Ceylon has launched its program
for greater self-dependence by in
creasing and diversifying its produc
tion.
Husband Debated
Divorce 6 Years,
Wife Complains
By tti* Associated Press
CHICAGO, Sept. 5.—For the last
six years, Mrs. Julia Rogan, 30, com
plained to Circuit Judge Benjamin
P. Epstein, she had been a “week
end” wife while her husband de
bated whether he wanted to con
tinue their marriage.
As a result, Mrs. Rogan told the
court yesterday, her health is failing
and for that reason she has filed a
separate maintenance suit to force
her husband to make a decision.
She said they were married 12 years
ago.
Asked by Judge Epstein if he had
made up his mind, the husband,
Nicholas Rogan, 34, a plastics manu
facturer, said, “Not yet.” The judge
then ordered him to pay $20 weekly
to his wife {lending hearing of the
suit.
Australia Lacks Tractors
Australia has an acute shortage
of tractors, causing a problem in
harvesting its bumper wheat crop.
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