Show 75 MILLION ACRES11.S ACRES ACRESU.S " t U.S US 11.S 11S . . Boosts 1948 Wheat Goal WASHINGTON - Fourth largest largestwheat largestwheat largestwheat wheat acreage the farmers of thiS thiSnat thisnat thisnat nat on have ever planted may be bereal bereal bereal real zed in 1948 if the department departmentof departmentot ot of agriculture agnculture s revised goal of ot 75 75m 75m 75m m Ihon 11l0n lhon acres is met next year yearThat ) vear vearThat ear earThat That mark is a five million acre Increase acreincrease from the pattern recom recommended recommended recommended mended last year and a seven sevenmillion sevenmillion sevenmillion million acre boost over the v.heat vheat wheat v.heatgoal wheatgoal . wheatgoal goal set last spring spr10g before betore the corn cornoutlook cornoutlook cornoutlook outlook took on Us Its gloomy cast Contmued Continued castContinued castContmued and unrcmitt unremltt unremitt ng mterna interna mternabonal international mternational bonal tional demand for tor food { ood grains grams m hn mnuenced hnfiuenced inHuenced nuenced fiuenced the agriculture department departmentmto departmentinto departmentinto mto into making makmg the up vard yard revis revls onWhile onWhile on onWhile While off offcials ' clals calls admitted that the theincreased theincreased theincreased increased acreage constitutes an In InvltatlOn invitation invitation vltatlOn vitation heavilyin to farmers to plant heavily in wheat they cautionedagamst cautionedagainst cautioned against agamst plo vmg ving up sod lands not su t d for forsustamed forsustained torsustained sustamed sustained farming tarmmg in m order to take takeadvantage takeadvantage takeadvantage advantage of high wheat prIcesHoever pricesHowever prices pricesHowever However Ho\\ever Ho ever \ an even more Imper impor Impertant importent important tant tent factor tactor in determining delermlnmg the na nation nation nation tion s \ wheat heat acreage acrpage in 1948 will be bethe bethe bethe the lure of the two dollar a bushel bushelmarket bushelmarket bushelmarket market pr ce Department authon authors authorsties authorties ! I Ities ties admitted that high market marketprices marketprices I Iprices prices will do more to d ctate state the theamount theamount theamount amount of ot wheat wheal planted than could couldany couldany couldany any arbitrarily arbltranly ass gned govern government government government ment goalThe goalThe goal goalThe The department sa d the 75 m mtl mtllion milUon 110n lion acre goal if achieved would wouldprovide wouldprovide wouldprovide provide the fourth largest wheat wheatacreage wheatacreage wheatacreage acreage the farmers in 10 the Umted United UmtedI UmtedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States have ever planted Higher Higherpl Higherplantings Higherpit-ntings Higherpit ntings I pl plantings 1938 - ntlngs occurred in 1919 1937 and1938 and Estimating Estlrnatmg on the basis of a 10 10year 10year 10year year average yield figure of ot 14 3 3bushels 3bushels 3bushels bushels an acre the crop in 10 1948 1948would 1948would 1948would would be 1 07 b 11 II ll on bushels but If Lf Ifthe Lfthe ifthe the outturn follows the 1942-46 1942 46 - - aver average average average age of ot 16 3 bushels bUbhels an acre pro producllon production production ducllon duction would reach 1221 1 221 billion billionb b shels shell shelsIn shellIn In theake the \ wake \\ake ake of ot this year s bumper bumpercrop bumpercrop bumpercrop wheat wheatyield wheatyield wheatyield crop a much smaller smallcr 1918 1948 yield normally would be mdlcated indicated mdlcatedhowever indicatedhowever indicatedhowever however tl tI U e a world food shortage shortagemakes shortagemakes shortagemakes makes it desirable according accordmg to de department department department partment spokesmen that the theUnited theUnited theUnited United States continue contmue its high rate rateot rateof rateof ot of production The United Nabons Nations Nabonshas Nationshas Nationshas has hasalned viaincd \\alned alned warned \ that the world food s t tuatio tuatioh tuatloi uatio uatioh 1 has not improved m in the past pastye.lr pastyear pastyear ye.lr yelr year . and pred cts ets shortages pastI willcontinue will willcontinue willcontinue I continue another two years . |