Show 75 MILLION ACRES US U es boosts 1948 8 wheat elf nap goal washington fourth largest wheat acreage the farmers of this natron nation have ever planted may be realized in 1948 it if the department of agriculture a revised goal of 75 million acres is met next year that mark is a five million acre increase from the pattern becom mended last year and a seven million acre boost over the wheat goal set last spring before the corn outlook took on its gloomy cast continued and unremitting internal dional demand for food grains in fluen ced the agriculture department into making the upward revision while officials admitted that the increased acreage constitutes an in vi tation to farmers to plant heavily in wheat they cautioned against plowing up sod lands not suited for sustained fanning farming in order to take advantage of high wheat prices however an even more imbor tant factor in determining the na tion s wheat a heat acreage in 1948 will be the lure of the two dollar a bushel market price department authora authon ties admitted that high market prices will do more to dictate the amount of wheat planted than could any arbitrarily assigned govern ment goal the department said the 75 mil lion acre goal if achieved would provide the fourth largest wheat acreage the farmers in the united states have ever planted higher plantings occurred in 1919 1937 and 1938 estimating on the basis of a 10 year average yield figure of 14 3 bushels an acre the crop in 1948 would be 1 07 billion bushels but if the outturn follows the 1942 46 aver age of 16 3 bushels an acre pro would reach 1221 billion bushels in the wake of this year a bumper crop a much smaller 1948 wheat yield normally would be indicated however the world food shortage makes it desirable according to de apartment part ment spokesmen that the united states continue its high rate of production the united nations has warned that the world food sit bation has not improved in the past year and predicts shortages will continue another two years when shoes begin to scuff p peel rub them with the white iq an egg it will paste down the broken pieces table linen should be e looked oo 00 e over for stains before putting in the wash tub soapy water will set the stains and measures must be taken to remove any marks be fore immersing in the suds |