The drought in Texas, during March, was the worst since 1895.
That is about the time my parents were born 120 years ago. I
never thought it could be worse than the drought of the 1950s,
but it is. Drive out into grazing country where mesquite aren't
too thick and all you can see is dry, cracked soil with an
occasional fire ant or a gopher mound in the sandier soil.
Comparing the current drought with the seven-year drought in the
1950s, old-timers say the current drought sapped the soil of
moisture faster than it did in the 1950s. It just stopped
raining last July, and pasture after pasture was hit by
wildfires. Right now, there is no potential to produce hay,
harvest wheat or plant cotton or grain sorghum this May. Unless
there is a week of rain fairly soon there is no hope for
agriculture this year. The Texas Ag Extension Service says that,
despite a few recent showers in some areas, the cotton growing
in Texas and Oklahoma is still in a drought. Any crop planted in
southern Texas earlier in the year that go