Show A ij D farm OILS wan ITO NEWS europe is facing difficult winter liberated areas in europe face ser lous ious shortages of food clothing and fuel this winter here is what the says about the food situation As a w whole hole europe will produce even less food this season than during the hungry war years import needs needs during the next year include 12 million tons of food except for w wheat heat liberated chief food needs are for those or which there is a worldwide world wide shortage meats fats and oils and sugar these will not be available from any source to bring the hungry millions of europe to anything like their pre prewar war standard the world wheat supply can meet their minimum needs it if transportation can be supplied what they ask of the rest of the world is enough to stave off threatening fam famine me in increased disease enough so that they may be able to work abundant supplies of 0 potatoes likely potato production for 1945 is now indicated at bushels 10 per cent larger than the 1944 crop and due to decreasing demands for the armed forces lend lease and export potato supplies are moving slowly into market prospective production for the nation improved 12 million bushels in july several lots of potatoes already have been purchased by the government at support prices in texas nebraska kansas new jersey and colorado although every effort is being made to use all edible potatoes for human consumption USDA officials are exploring the possibility of diverting some of the lower grades to livestock feed industrial alcohol starch and other uses if necessary N no quota vote on 1946 wheat wheat producers can plant their 1946 crops with the knowledge that acreage allotments and wheat marketing will not be in effect for the marketing year which begins july 1 1946 the AAA act of 1938 1939 requires that the secretary of agriculture make public announcement each year of data concerning the supply and consumption requirements for wheat this year as in recent years the national emergency makes unnecessary the establishment of marketing quotas acreage allotments are dispensed with in or der to encourage the production of a sufficient supply of food to maintain normal domestic consumption taking into consideration current trends in consumption and exports and the quantities of 0 substitutes available at fair prices and otherwise to effectuate the declared policy of the act legume and grass seeds are badly needed legume and grass seed harvested b by y american farmers are providing cover crops and livestock teed feed for millions of farms here and in europe however the supply if the seed is still short while the US harvest has been large throughout the war an even larger one is needed this year farmers harvested almost 6 million acres under the AAA program this was an increase of 92 per cent over the acreage harvested under the 1943 program about farms fa participated in the 1944 program con compared pared with in 1943 according to preliminary estimates legume and grass seeds are especially needed to replant and rebuild millions of acres in europe and in this country shifts to other crops during the war has laid this land open to wind and water ero erosion S and to leaching thus resulting in loss of soil fertility missouri and kansas harvested the largest acreage es of legume and grass seed under the 1944 AAA program US shorn wool production in 1945 is estimated at lbs ibs 7 per cent smaller than 1944 and 18 per cent below the record production of 1942 it is the smallest production since 1928 1923 and results from an 8 per cent decrease in the number of sheep short or to be shorn this year world import demand for wool in the 1945 46 season which opened july 1 is expected to be considerably sider ably stronger than in recent years as a result of reopening of import markets in continental europe the rate of accumulation of wool stocks in southern hemisphere exporting countries should be reduced by the increased demand and the smaller production in prospect contains vitamin 0 A variety of apple known as the white caville has been found to contain as much vitamin C as an orange formerly apples w were ere not considered in the same class as oranges or even tomatoes for vitamin I 1 C content |