Drought hits (00/00/1937) [remark: lack of rain, soil drifting and inadequate machinery contribute to one of worst droughts in Canadian history]: shots of Regina Legislature Building, of Honourable WJ Patterson, Premier of Saskatchewan, chatting with Agricultural Minister Honourable JG Taggart. Shot of wheat-pool elevators at Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Shot of grain inspector and assistant walking through sand-covered field (a desert) of abandoned farmhouses, machinery buried in sand, abandoned wheat combine outside shed. Shot of man working on pipe and dam built by PFRA (Prairie Farmer Rehabilitation Association). Shot of man digging outlet for water irrigation ditch.