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Show EURlETlPS ARE NOT ALL LOST Washington, Oct. 24. Optimism regarding crop harvest prospects in the Europecu belligerent countries was oxprescbd today in the monthly crop summary of the department of agriculture. ' In Europe agricultural conditions in most countries thts season .have been favorablo "for only moderate jiolds, It watt slated, but harvests wcro almost over before or soon nt tor hostl ltlos began. Crops Are Saved Tho grnlit is being sacd In generally gen-erally good condition except In ter-iltory ter-iltory actually occuple'd by tho contending con-tending iirmleu, tho department bulletin bul-letin sayu. In France, except In tho noitliLusturn Bcctlon, It was stated, ocreal crops aro probably larcer than Inst j car. A wheat crop shortage of at least 237,000,000 bushels In Europe, compared com-pared to last year, due to unfavorable conditions wns predicted. Tho United Unit-ed States will have a surplus ot about 290,000,000 bushels of wheat available for exportation. |
