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I c- the he ed, ro- be ffjt ier Ids to to In in was ras tig. — — WORST DROUGHT SINCE 1903 NEW YORK. N. Y., June 13.-Unless na-be ture comes to the rescue within a week with . a heavy rainfall, dairy and vegetable farmers in New Jersey and in Long Island and d counties bordering on the New York City :y area today were threatened with a loss that it may run into millions as a result of the ie I worst drought since 1903. Weather bureau .u statistics showed that May rainfall this year ir totaled .56 of an inch against a normal of jf 3.24 inches, and that for the first twelve days is of June the precipitation was .37 of an inch :h | against a normal fall of about 1.125 inches.
