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Show WHEAT THIS YEAR IT Is said that our more than 800,-000,000 800,-000,000 bushels of wheat may not be required to do as much for Europe as did our smaller crop last year. Our allies have been earnestly striving to put themselves on a self-sustaining basis, and some of tbem have achieved remarkable success. It may well be that our bread will get whiter as time passes. For the last year'we have been shipping much wheat to Italy, where the people are accustomed to use great quantities of macaroni ana spaghetti. The amazing prediction Is made that Italy may need no grain imports after the harvest. It is clear that the Italians have been doing wonders in an agricultural way this year. The most notable achievement, however, has been in England. Before Be-fore the war the United Kingdom produced only enough breadstuffs to be self-supporting ten weeks of the year. In the year 1917 it produced enough for thirteen weeks. The harvest har-vest this year will provide the United Uni-ted Kingdom for forty weeks. This means not only a saving of whsat for the American people, but it means the saving of many ships for the transportation of supplies for the armies in France. , We hope these reports and figures are correct. At the same time we cannot afford to become extravagant, for there are other years coming In which crops may not be so good, or may in some cases be failures. |