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Show 75 MILLION ACRES , U.S. Boosts 1948 Wheat Goal WASHINGTON. Fourth largest wheat acreage the farmers of this nation have ever planted may be realized in 1948 if the department of agriculture's revised goal of 75 million acres is met next year. That mark is a five million-acre increase from the pattern recommended recom-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 international interna-tional demand for food grains influenced in-fluenced the agriculture department into making the upward revision. While officials admitted that the increased acreage constitutes an invitation in-vitation to farmers to plant heavily in wheat, they cautioned against Plowing up sod-lands not suited for susta.ned farming in order to take advantage of high wheat prices . ".TV""' an even ""re impor-tant impor-tant factor in determining the na-tion na-tion i wheat acreage in 1948 wW be the lure of the two dollar-a-bushel market ice Department Ues admitted that high market prices mm do more to dictate the amount of wheat planted than could The department said the 75 mil-ban-acre goal, if achieved woTld provide the fourth larges Xat Stlteshfvl f3rmerS the , Mates have ever planted. Higher I UngS 0Ccurrd 1919. 1937 and I Estimating on the basis of a 10-year 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 194246 average aver-age of 16.3 bushels an acre, production pro-duction would reach 1.221 bilKon bushels. In the wake of this year's bumper crop a much smaller 1948 wheat yield normally would be indicated; however, the world food shortage makes it desirable, according to de-Partrnent de-Partrnent spokesmen. that the United States continue its high rate of production. The United Nations has warned that the world food situation sit-uation has not improved in the past year. and predicts short wQ, continue another two years |