Afternoon hailstorm destroyed crops in an area 2 miles long by _ of a mile wide. Stock suffered severely. Fowls buried by hail. Driving wind and hail for over an hour. Hailstones mostly small, but some up to 1 and 1.5 inches in diameter. Hail two feet deep in some places. One farm had 50 acres of barley and 50 acres of canary seed destroyed. Hail five feet deep on water hole _ five cattle frozen to death