Show THE POTATO CROP IN EUKOPE While wo hear a great deal about the deficiency de-ficiency In wheat and tHo shortage in rye in Europe very littlo is said about the prospects of the potato crop there And yet the export of American cereals will be greatly modified by it Europeans aro great potato consumers Millions and perhaps a hundreds million people subsist mainly on that vegetable Multitudes of workmen have potato soup for breakfast boiled potatoes for dinner and again potatoes for supper Salt is tho only ingredient they use with it Butter is an unknown luxury and meat is reserved re-served for Christmas and a few other holidays holi-days Bread and beer are the only provisions provis-ions that vary tho bill of fare Among the peasants the same frugal board with perhaps a little garden truck and fruit obtains while tho farmers regale themselves them-selves with moro substantial faro but all three classes workmen peasants and farmers depend upon potatos as tneir chief commissariat and in making calculations upon the demand of American cram abroad the condition of the potato crop must not be disregarded |