The long continued drought in the mid West has dried up many of the sources of water supply and it has been necessary for the farmers to turn what water is left into a community supply. This well on the Joe Keagle farm in Webster county, Neb., supplies water for 10 farmers and their livestock, 200 head in number in radius of three miles.
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The long continued drought in the mid West has dried up many of the sources of water supply and it has been necessary for the farmers to turn what water is left into a community supply. This well on the Joe Keagle farm in Webster county, Neb., supplies water for 10 farmers and their livestock, 200 head in number in radius of three miles.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1930–August 1939]

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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

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