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Show Turkey Is Actually Starving, But Germany Has Supplies In commenting on a report of bureau of labor sttlstlcs. which touches on the social and economic conditions at the present time In Uermany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, the Americas Food Journal says In part aa follows; "The report Is composed mainly of extracts ex-tracts from aot ua newspapers printed In these countries. It ta all Information that waa est down In the middle of or at the end of the last harvest, when conclusions con-clusions could be drawn as to the conditions condi-tions that would prevail at the present time. It took all of the fall and iwesit of the winter to get enouah of theee wmlmy new papers to the United Statee te form an adequate basis for a general eurvey. "In general, the report ahowa that Turkey la actually starving because of the corruption of bar owa cffloiala and the demands of Oermany; that Germany and Austria are not atarvlng. but are having a hard at rue ale to feed themselves; them-selves; that Hungary la In better ehape than either Uermany or Austria; and that Bulgaria, ao far as food is concerned, Is suffering least of all the countries covered In the report. "In several plaeea In Oermany there haa been an attempt at compensation for reduced milk rat lone for children by Increase In-crease of eugar allowance. "In Ite current report on the last vegetable vege-table crop of Oermany the Leuiaohe TagesBeltung of Berlin says: The reports on this yeare vegetable crop are for the moot part quite hopeless, and ana need aot wonder If prices remain high. In the south and west of Oermany a favorable i condition of things la .generally report e : ." " -J edt bat In the chief producing districts In north, east, aad middle Germany the prospect la ve-T unsatisfactory. Probe bly the worst reports are from Mecklenburg Mecklen-burg and Pomeranla. where almost the majority of the cultivation contracts cao be carried out only to a small extent. The drouth haa retarded not only the growth of the rather poor seed from last year, but has delayed excessively the planting ? of moat ktnda of cabbage. But the worst la tha plague of vermin, which cannot he overcome wit the Insufficient labog available' n v |