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Show Another Month of Fine Weath-l Weath-l er Will Make Grain Import j in Fall Necessary. PAPJS. June 14. Another month of good growing weather, with favorable favor-able havesting londltlons, will be worth between three billion and four billion francs to France, in the opinion opin-ion of agricultural experts. "If the crops meet with no disaster, France will buy but little wheat abroad next year. If conditions continue con-tinue as favorable as now. she may not buy any," said a high official of the ministry of agriculture. In 1919, a poor yeir, France raised 173,000.000 bushels of wheal and had to buy 1 50.000,00 bushels abroad. This year is declared to be the best in the memory of farmers for all crops, with SOO.000 acres more seeded than last year. Th crop Is estimated at least 50 per cent better, bringing the yield to 200.000,000 bushels. The devastated regions, where there are still little mor than temporarily roofed ruins and shacks to shelter the population, furnished two-thirds of the increased seeding- with 500,000 acres more of wheat than a year ago and with am illion acres more of all grain crops. American traction implements hadi their share in the promised fine result, for most of the seeding of northern France was accomplished through their use. |