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Show LOSS IN WHEAT IS OFFSET BY OTHER CROPS Plenty of Corn and Rye for All Unless Unusually Bad Weather Comes. By Basil M. Manly. KANSAS CJTY. Mo.." June I.- Th nearer I a;et to the heart of the great food producing areas of the United Htatea, In my tour of the country' vital food centers, the more optimistic I become about the entire food situation situa-tion the more certain that America will he able not only to feed herself, but to aend our allies all the food for which shins can he found. Here la a concrete example: You have all heard how the winter wheat crop of Kansas and Nehraslui was ruined as a result of the extremely light snowfall of last winter. The report re-port of the widespread failure Issued by the agricultural department stunned the American people and started little reglmenta of "glooms" parading In every city in the land. It sent the price of wheat skyrocketing'. To the average American citizen this report of winter wheat failure In the great grain belt meant that these states would produce only k little food this year. The millions and millions of bushels of winter wheat destroyed were counted an absolute loea, and subtracted sub-tracted from the available supplies for next year. Very few people stopped to think that destruction of this winter wheat was not s total loss, but will be largely offset by the production of other crons on land that was planted In winter wheat last fall. Beet Informed agricultural authorities authori-ties agree that although Kansns will produce lesa wheat than usual, her total to-tal production of food products will be almost normal. Practically every acre on whlrh winter win-ter wheat was killed Is planted In com, rye. beans, potatoe or other foodstuffs. If there is going to be a winter wheat failure it Is apparent early enough to permit plowing under and replanting. . Thuuttund of acres on which winter -wheat was killd have ben planted In spring wheat, which will yield just as much to the acre, though not so fine a quality. Another cheering fact should also he taken Into account much land on which wheat had been planted really needed rotation of crops, but expectation expecta-tion of high prices Induced the farmer to plant whMt regardless. Now this land, greatly to Its benefit, will be planted In beans, and other soil renewing renew-ing plants. Barring unusually bad weather from now until harvest, we are going to have ll the corn and ry hrad w nf1. |