Hardest Hit Is The Farmer -- Farmer Eugene Gorton of Stony Ridge, N.Y., shows how high the corn should be in July, whereas the drought in the northeast has left it sparse and stunted. Hardest hit by the long dry spell are the farmers. Unlike their brothers in the irrigated valleys of normally dry California, farmers in the east depend almost entirely on rainfall.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Hardest Hit Is The Farmer -- Farmer Eugene Gorton of Stony Ridge, N.Y., shows how high the corn should be in July, whereas the drought in the northeast has left it sparse and stunted. Hardest hit by the long dry spell are the farmers. Unlike their brothers in the irrigated valleys of normally dry California, farmers in the east depend almost entirely on rainfall.

Associated Press · [ca. July 1965]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Weather: Drought: Wire Photos

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