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Show WHEAT SUPPLY BEING CONSERVED British Government Plans to Increase Home Production Produc-tion by Guaranteeing Guarantee-ing Price. London, Aug. 14, 10:47 a, m. The cabinet is considering Important recommendations rec-ommendations concerning the supply of "food, particularly wheat, made by the committee appointed in June by the Earl of Selborne, president of the board of agriculture witi Lord Mil-ner Mil-ner as chairman. The navVre of tho report Is guarded closely, but it Is Intimated the report has plans to Increase In-crease tho home supply of wheat by guaranteeing to producers a minimum price for the home product. The Time3 urges the government to act promptlj', pointing out that farmers are gathering the present harvest and must decide on the amount to be planted in the coming season It adds: "Their probablp ground for conjecture con-jecture Involves a guarantee to farmery far-mery of a minimum price for wheat for a period long enough to justify them -in putting a large acreage under un-der cultivation. Whether this step is worth taking must depend to some extent on the view taken by the government gov-ernment of the probable risk to Imported Im-ported supplies." Owing to tho magnitude of wheat importation from America, the action of the cabinet on the recommendations recommenda-tions of the committee will probably have a considerable bearing on tho overseas trade. The fact that the government is considering the wheat question is suggested sug-gested as a possible reason for the reported cancellations of orders for wheat from America by the entente allies. |